M2.2 earthquake Nevada
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in Nevada on Thu, Apr 9, 2020, 12:36 AM PDT (07:36 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 61 km N of Tonopah, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-09 07:36:03 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.095° N, 116.333° 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
- ±0.12
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.261 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 2354 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.695 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.691 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2319 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.719 km NNE of Austin, Nevada · 2308 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 1.576 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2371 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.978 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2372 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.177 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Nevada · 2387 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.076 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2388 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00721404. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:47 AM UTC.