M1.6 earthquake Nevada

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Nevada on Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 12:22 PM PST (20:22 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 47 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00794241. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:01 AM UTC.