M2.3 earthquake 4 km E of Cold Springs, Nevada

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 4 km E of Cold Springs, Nevada on Fri, Oct 16, 2020, 8:25 AM PDT (15:25 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 10 km N of Stagecoach, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.3	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.27 · 9 stations
2.3	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.055 · 44 stations

8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00778979 (also filed as us6000c8t8). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC.