M2.3 earthquake 56 km NW of Rachel, Nevada
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 56 km NW of Rachel, Nevada on Sun, Sep 20, 2020, 9:04 PM PDT (04:04 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2020-09-21 04:04:15 UTC
- Depth
- 2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.979° N, 116.231° 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
- ±0.23
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 25
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
- 1.557 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2198 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.910 km N of Hiko, Nevada · 2177 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.176 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2153 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.555 km ENE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2148 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 1.937 km ESE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2214 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.448 km NNW of Beatty, Nevada · 2217 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.839 km WSW of Rachel, Nevada · 2217 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.879 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2233 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.880 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2233 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00774914. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC.