M2.3 earthquake 25 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 25 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada on Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 4:40 PM PDT (23:40 UTC), 5 km (3 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
2.3	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.37 · 5 stations
2.4	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.049 · 54 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 98 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 98.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00718998 (also filed as us60008fe4). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:01 AM UTC.