Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 13 km SE of Sparks, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 13 km SE of Sparks, Nevada on Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 12:04 PM PDT (19:04 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.8 10 km N of Stagecoach, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2020-10-14 19:04:54 UTC
Depth
6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.462° N, 119.620° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Station coverage gap
126°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.74 km E of Cold Springs, Nevada · 2179 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.64 km S of Dayton, Nevada · 2179 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.74 km S of Dayton, Nevada · 2178 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 24
  4. 1.84 km E of Cold Springs, Nevada · 2178 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.34 km E of Cold Springs, Nevada · 2177 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 8
  6. 2.44 km E of Cold Springs, Nevada · 2177 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 22
  7. 1.516 km ENE of Doyle, California · 2177 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.24 km S of Dayton, Nevada · 2171 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.24 km S of Dayton, Nevada · 2170 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 2.014 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2167 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 1.57 km N of Incline Village, Nevada · 2165 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 2.38km NE of Markleeville, CA · 2162 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.94 km S of Dayton, Nevada · 2161 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 1.64 km E of Cold Springs, Nevada · 2160 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.64 km E of Cold Springs, Nevada · 2158 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.5Northern California · 2154 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.85 km N of Schurz, Nevada · 2151 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.215km NNW of Incline Village-Crystal Bay, NV · 2150 days ago · -2 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.318km E of Markleeville, CA · 2149 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.6California-Nevada border region · 2149 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.920km SW of Whitehawk, CA · 2141 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 1.721 km NNE of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2140 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 2.37km NW of Verdi-Mogul, NV · 2140 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  24. 3.810 km N of Stagecoach, Nevada · 2131 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 214
  25. 1.719 km WSW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2130 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 1.89 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2128 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.59 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2128 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 2.29 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2125 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  29. 2.06 km SE of Markleeville, California · 2125 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 1.78 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2125 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 1.516 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2124 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.817 km ENE of Doyle, California · 2124 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.53 km NW of Topaz, California · 2122 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 1.55 km SSW of Sattley, California · 2122 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.28km NE of Markleeville, CA · 2119 days ago · -2 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 2.010 km SSW of Kingvale, California · 2181 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.64 km S of Topaz Lake, Nevada · 2184 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.418km E of Markleeville, CA · 2189 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.714 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2204 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00778738. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:41 AM UTC.