Nevada earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 25 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 25 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada on Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 3:03 PM PDT (22:03 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 16km WSW of Toms Place, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time: Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 3:03 PM PDT
UTC: 2020-03-13 22:03:49 UTC
Depth: 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.542° N, 117.747° W
Region: Nevada
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.15 · 4 stations
0.69	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Final · ±0.098 · 6 stations
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.036 · 102 stations

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: ±0.15
Station coverage gap: 35°
Stations used: 15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 100.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00718981 (also filed as nc73353580, us60008fcn). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:58 PM UTC.