Nevada earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 24 km S of Fallon Station, Nevada

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 24 km S of Fallon Station, Nevada on Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 12:26 AM PST (08:26 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.6 16 km S of Hawthorne, 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
2020-12-14 08:26:07 UTC
Depth
16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.199° N, 118.768° 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
147°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.033 km NE of Gabbs, Nevada · 2117 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.78 km WNW of Carson City, Nevada · 2114 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.913 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.713 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.013 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.515 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 12
  7. 2.029 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2109 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.839 km NE of Fallon, Nevada · 2102 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.513 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2101 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 1.828 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.1California-Nevada border region · 2098 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.529 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2098 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.528 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2098 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.722 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2098 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.528 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2098 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.54 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2097 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 1.64 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2096 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.215 km E of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2095 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.98 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2094 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.931 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 2094 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 1.83 km N of Reno, Nevada · 2094 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 1.93 km N of Reno, Nevada · 2094 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.713 km SW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 2.616 km S of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2092 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 2.016 km S of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2092 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 1.516 km ENE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2091 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 1.63 km W of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2089 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 1.94 km SSW of Smith Valley, Nevada · 2088 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.56 km NNE of Fish Springs, Nevada · 2087 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 2.661 km W of Austin, Nevada · 2086 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  31. 1.68 km NNE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2084 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.530 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 2082 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 1.530 km ENE of Bridgeport, California · 2081 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.526 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.58 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2079 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 2.023 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 2074 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.123 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 2074 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  38. 1.516 km N of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2073 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 1.714 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2071 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 1.79 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada · 2063 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 1.510 km S of Sparks, Nevada · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 1.611 km WNW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2061 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 2.28km NE of Markleeville, CA · 2120 days ago · -2 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.53 km NW of Topaz, California · 2122 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.033 km NE of Gabbs, Nevada · 2124 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.516 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2125 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 2.028 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2125 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.719 km WSW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2131 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 3.810 km N of Stagecoach, Nevada · 2132 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 214
  8. 1.518 km E of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2140 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.028 km ENE of Bridgeport, California · 2143 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.725 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 2143 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.62 km SSW of Coleville, California · 2143 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.752.7 km SSE of Gabbs, NV · 2145 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.728.2 km NE of Hawthorne, NV · 2147 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00792046. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC.