Nevada earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 3 km W of Walker Lake, Nevada

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 3 km W of Walker Lake, Nevada on Thu, Nov 16, 2017, 7:39 PM PST (03:39 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 10 km N of Schurz, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2017-11-17 03:39:03 UTC
Depth
6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.647° N, 118.797° W
Region
Nevada
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.9ML, local (Richter)Nevada Seismological LaboratoryPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.25 · 23 stations
2.9ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.25 · 23 stations

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.25
Station coverage gap
58°
Stations used
36

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.53 km W of Walker Lake, Nevada · 3244 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.04 km W of Walker Lake, Nevada · 3244 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.031 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3243 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.514 km NE of Walker Lake, Nevada · 3242 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 1.517km SE of Bodie, CA · 3239 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.617km SE of Bodie, CA · 3239 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.525 km ENE of Mono City, California · 3239 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.026 km ENE of Mono City, California · 3239 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.54 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 3239 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.527 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3239 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 1.916 km NNW of Bridgeport, California · 3238 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.629 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3236 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.74 km W of Walker Lake, Nevada · 3235 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.55 km WSW of Topaz Lake, Nevada · 3234 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.623 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 3231 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  16. 1.533 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 3230 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.840km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 3229 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.021 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3229 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.710 km N of Schurz, Nevada · 3224 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
  20. 1.529 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3223 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 1.928 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3221 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 1.527 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 3219 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.029 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3218 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.28 km W of Mina, Nevada · 3214 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 3.010 km N of Schurz, Nevada · 3211 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  26. 1.710 km N of Schurz, Nevada · 3211 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 1.910 km N of Schurz, Nevada · 3211 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 2.226 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3210 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 1.625 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 3210 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 2.311km SE of Markleeville, CA · 3207 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.811 km SE of Markleeville, California · 3207 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 1.710 km SE of Markleeville, California · 3207 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.427 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 3207 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  34. 2.334 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 3206 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.010 km N of Schurz, Nevada · 3204 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
  36. 1.623 km ENE of Walker Lake, Nevada · 3203 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 1.720 km ENE of Mina, Nevada · 3203 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 1.83 km NW of Topaz, California · 3203 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 1.621km W of Lee Vining, CA · 3198 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 2.127 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3197 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  41. 1.528 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3196 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  42. 1.729 km ENE of Bridgeport, California · 3190 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 1.726km SE of Bodie, CA · 3187 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 1.531 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 3185 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  45. 1.527 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3185 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 1.824 km W of Gabbs, Nevada · 3184 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 2.03 km W of Walker Lake, Nevada · 3244 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.627 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3246 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.927 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.129 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 3248 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.510 km WNW of Bridgeport, California · 3250 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.818 km S of Markleeville, California · 3251 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.13 km WNW of Bridgeport, California · 3251 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 1.914 km N of Walker Lake, Nevada · 3251 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 1.828 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3252 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 1.917 km NNW of Bridgeport, California · 3253 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.67 km SSE of Markleeville, California · 3253 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.510 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.134 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 3254 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.333 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 3254 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.623 km NW of Benton, California · 3254 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.633 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 3255 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.512 km NW of Bridgeport, California · 3255 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.633 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 3255 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.716 km NNW of Bridgeport, California · 3256 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 3.16 km W of Coleville, California · 3256 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00612803 (also filed as us2000bq4m). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC.