Weak mag. 2.0 earthquake - 28 Km SSW of Mina, Nevada, on Friday, Jan 21, 2022 at 11:17 am (GMT -8) -
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Weak magnitude 2.0 earthquake at 7 km depth
21 Jan 19:22 UTC: First to report: USGS after 5 minutes.
21 Jan 19:58: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 1.5 to 7.1 km (from 0.9 to 4.4 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 0.9 km (0.6 mi) towards SSW.
21 Jan 19:58: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 1.5 to 7.1 km (from 0.9 to 4.4 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 0.9 km (0.6 mi) towards SSW.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jan 21, 2022 19:17:07 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Friday, Jan 21, 2022 at 11:17 am (GMT -8) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2 |
| Depth | 7.1 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.1607°N / 118.2424°W  (Nevada, United States) |
| Antipode | 38.161°S / 61.758°E |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Mono Lake (71 km / 44 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 28 km (17 mi) SSW of Mina (pop: 155) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 43 km (27 mi) NNE of Benton (California) (pop: 280) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 52 km (33 mi) SE of Hawthorne (pop: 3,270) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) ENE of June Lake (California) (pop: 629) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) NE of Mammoth Lakes (California) (pop: 7,950) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 87 km (54 mi) E of Bridgeport (California) (pop: 575) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 87 km (54 mi) N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek (California) (pop: 2,650) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 89 km (55 mi) W of Tonopah (pop: 2,480) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 118 km (74 mi) SE of Smith Valley (pop: 1,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 122 km (76 mi) SE of Yerington (pop: 3,060) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  0.7°C (33 F), humidity: 64%, wind: 5 m/s (9 kts) from NNW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 6.3 x 107 joules (17.5 kilowatt hours) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.0 | 7.1 km | 28 Km SSW of Mina, Nevada | USGS |
| 2.0 | 7.1 km | California-Nevada Border Region | RaspberryShake |
| 2.0 | 7 km | NEVADA | EMSC |
User reports for this quake
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