M2.0 earthquake Nevada
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Nevada on Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 12:58 AM PDT (07:58 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 62 km SSW of Lund, 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
- 2020-03-20 07:58:15 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.797° N, 116.033° 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
- ±0.10
- Station coverage gap
- 299°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.177 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2372 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.978 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2371 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.576 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2371 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.2Nevada · 2367 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.060 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 2366 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.762 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 2365 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.663 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 2364 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.758 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 2347 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.759 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 2345 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.695 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.765 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00719619. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:48 AM UTC.