M2.3 earthquake 26 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 26 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada on Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 7:09 PM PDT (02:09 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 4 km SSE of Burning Man Earth, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-18 02:09:47 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.595° N, 119.659° 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
- ±0.37
- Station coverage gap
- 310°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.626 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada · 2389 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.614 km ENE of Black Rock City, Nevada · 2384 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.627 km W of Gerlach, Nevada · 2374 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.74 km SSE of Burning Man Earth, Nevada · 2362 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.77km NNW of Cold Springs, NV · 2352 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.73 km SW of Gerlach, Nevada · 2336 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 9
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00719332. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:30 AM UTC.