M2.0 earthquake 12 km E of Fernley, Nevada
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 12 km E of Fernley, Nevada on Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 3:09 AM PDT (10:09 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 13 km E of Fernley, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-12 10:09:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.597° N, 119.103° 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
- ±0.31
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.54 km WNW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2300 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.18km N of Truckee, CA · 2294 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.714 km E of Fernley, Nevada · 2294 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 2.414 km E of Fernley, Nevada · 2294 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.813 km E of Fernley, Nevada · 2294 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
- 2.614 km E of Fernley, Nevada · 2294 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 21
- 2.513 km E of Fernley, Nevada · 2294 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
- 2.112 km E of Fernley, Nevada · 2292 days ago · 12 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.813 km E of Fernley, Nevada · 2292 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.814 km E of Fernley, Nevada · 2291 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.614 km E of Fernley, Nevada · 2291 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.612 km E of Fernley, Nevada · 2290 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.611 km S of Reno, Nevada · 2289 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2287 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.215 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2283 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
- 2.08km SSW of Chilcoot-Vinton, CA · 2279 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.28 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2277 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.89 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2275 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2275 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2273 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.613 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2273 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 28
- 1.79 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2261 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.519 km NE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 2255 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.68 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2252 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.89 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2252 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2252 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.89 km NE of Fallon, Nevada · 2247 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2246 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5Nevada · 2246 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00747485. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:06 PM UTC.