M1.7 earthquake 52.7 km SSE of Gabbs, NV

Magnitude

1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Nevada Seismological Laboratory

Local time

Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 10:09 PM PST

UTC

2020-11-18 06:09:23 UTC

Depth

9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

39.321° N, 118.107° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.56

Station coverage gap

99°

Stations used

17

• Fallon Station, NevadaPopulation 705. Forecast53 kmE
• Fernley, NevadaPopulation 19,418. Forecast103 kmESE
• Reno, NevadaPopulation 264,165. Forecast148 kmE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast586 kmN

After

1. 1.725 km NNW of Mina, NevadaFri, Nov 20, 7:12 AM PST · 2143 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
2. 1.518 km E of Hawthorne, NevadaMon, Nov 23, 9:17 AM PST · 2140 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
3. 1.516 km E of Silver Springs, NevadaTue, Dec 8, 7:31 AM PST · 2125 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
4. 2.033 km NE of Gabbs, NevadaTue, Dec 8, 10:37 PM PST · 2125 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
5. 1.824 km S of Fallon Station, NevadaMon, Dec 14, 12:26 AM PST · 2120 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
6. 1.510 km NE of Mina, NevadaTue, Dec 15, 4:14 AM PST · 2119 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
7. 2.033 km NE of Gabbs, NevadaWed, Dec 16, 11:58 AM PST · 2117 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
8. 1.57 km NNE of Mina, NevadaWed, Dec 16, 5:51 PM PST · 2117 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
9. 1.710 km NE of Mina, NevadaWed, Dec 16, 5:56 PM PST · 2117 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
10. 1.811 km NE of Mina, NevadaThu, Dec 17, 11:40 PM PST · 2116 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
11. 1.913 km ESE of Fernley, NevadaSun, Dec 20, 10:59 AM PST · 2113 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
12. 1.713 km ESE of Fernley, NevadaSun, Dec 20, 11:34 AM PST · 2113 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
13. 2.013 km ESE of Fernley, NevadaSun, Dec 20, 1:23 PM PST · 2113 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
14. 2.515 km ESE of Fernley, NevadaSun, Dec 20, 2:24 PM PST · 2113 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 12
15. 1.620 km ENE of Mina, NevadaTue, Dec 22, 6:12 AM PST · 2112 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
16. 1.756 km ESE of Lovelock, NevadaFri, Dec 25, 9:10 AM PST · 2108 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away
17. 1.839 km NE of Fallon, NevadaWed, Dec 30, 8:44 PM PST · 2103 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
18. 1.513 km ESE of Fernley, NevadaFri, Jan 1, 4:43 AM PST · 2102 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
19. 1.722 km NE of Hawthorne, NevadaMon, Jan 4, 1:32 PM PST · 2098 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
20. 1.54 km SE of Silver Springs, NevadaTue, Jan 5, 2:56 PM PST · 2097 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
21. 1.64 km SE of Silver Springs, NevadaWed, Jan 6, 12:50 AM PST · 2097 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
22. 2.215 km E of Hawthorne, NevadaThu, Jan 7, 4:02 AM PST · 2096 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
23. 1.931 km NNW of Gabbs, NevadaFri, Jan 8, 5:26 AM PST · 2095 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
24. 1.516 km ENE of Hawthorne, NevadaMon, Jan 11, 2:56 PM PST · 2091 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
25. 1.63 km W of Walker Lake, NevadaWed, Jan 13, 2:53 PM PST · 2089 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
26. 2.661 km W of Austin, NevadaSat, Jan 16, 3:28 PM PST · 2086 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2

Before

1. 1.722 km E of Hawthorne, NevadaFri, Nov 13, 2:40 PM PST · 2150 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
2. 2.85 km N of Schurz, NevadaWed, Nov 11, 2:02 PM PST · 2152 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
3. 1.635 km ENE of Schurz, NevadaTue, Nov 3, 3:01 PM PST · 2160 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
4. 2.114 km ESE of Hawthorne, NevadaTue, Oct 27, 4:22 AM PDT · 2168 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
5. 2.014 km ESE of Fernley, NevadaMon, Oct 26, 2:09 PM PDT · 2168 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
6. 2.121 km E of Hawthorne, NevadaSun, Oct 25, 3:51 AM PDT · 2170 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
7. 2.06 km SE of Gabbs, NevadaThu, Oct 22, 11:26 AM PDT · 2172 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
8. 1.815 km E of Hawthorne, NevadaThu, Oct 22, 5:12 AM PDT · 2173 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00784937. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:13 AM UTC.