M2.4 earthquake 27 km SW of Caliente, Nevada
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 27 km SW of Caliente, Nevada on Wed, Dec 2, 2020, 11:52 AM PST (19:52 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 10 km SW of Hiko, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-02 19:52:15 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.420° N, 114.701° W
- Region
- Nevada
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.71
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6Nevada · 2111 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.510 km SW of Hiko, Nevada · 2102 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Santa Clara, Utah · 2099 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.652 km WSW of Alamo, Nevada · 2091 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Ivins, Utah · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.028 km S of Alamo, Nevada · 2073 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00788183. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC.