M2.4 earthquake 25km WSW of Reederville, NV
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 25km WSW of Reederville, NV on Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 4:49 AM PDT (11:49 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-14 11:49:17 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.081° N, 120.250° W
- Region
- California
- 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 213°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
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
- 1.79km NNW of Susanville, CA · 2236 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.949 km N of Black Rock City, Nevada · 2218 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.29 km WSW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada · 2210 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.69 km W of Burning Man Earth, Nevada · 2204 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.721 km W of Empire, Nevada · 2194 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Gerlach, Nevada · 2184 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73444370. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC.