Nevada earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 39 km NE of Fallon, Nevada

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 39 km NE of Fallon, Nevada on Wed, Dec 30, 2020, 8:44 PM PST (04:44 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 61 km W of Austin, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2020-12-31 04:44:11 UTC
Depth
13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.723° N, 118.452° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Station coverage gap
117°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.513 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2103 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.54 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2098 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.64 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2098 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.98 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2096 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.931 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 2096 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.713 km SW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2095 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.661 km W of Austin, Nevada · 2087 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.530 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 2084 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.023 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.123 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.714 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2072 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.868 km NNW of Austin, Nevada · 2045 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 1.756 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 2110 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.515 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2114 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 12
  3. 2.013 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2114 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.713 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2115 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.913 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2115 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.033 km NE of Gabbs, Nevada · 2118 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.824 km S of Fallon Station, Nevada · 2121 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.033 km NE of Gabbs, Nevada · 2126 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.516 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2127 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.719 km WSW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2133 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 3.810 km N of Stagecoach, Nevada · 2133 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 214

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00795413. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:16 AM UTC.