California earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 9 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 9 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada on Sun, Aug 2, 2020, 9:34 AM PDT (16:34 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2020-08-02 16:34:23 UTC
Depth
12.3 km (7.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.037° N, 119.618° W
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
109°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.89 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2254 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.214km SW of Whitehawk, CA · 2253 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.123 km WSW of Empire, Nevada · 2250 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.89 km NE of Fallon, Nevada · 2248 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.520km NW of Truckee, CA · 2248 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.513 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2248 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 1.5Nevada · 2248 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.58 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2241 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.88 km E of Floriston, California · 2240 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.211 km SW of Nixon, Nevada · 2237 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 1.511 km SW of Nixon, Nevada · 2236 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 1.78 km E of Floriston, California · 2229 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.18 km E of Floriston, California · 2221 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.87km N of Greenhorn, CA · 2218 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.88 km E of Floriston, California · 2216 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.29 km WSW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada · 2210 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.95km NNE of Greenhorn, CA · 2209 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.714 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2206 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.69 km W of Burning Man Earth, Nevada · 2204 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 1.68 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2254 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.79 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2263 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.315km SE of Honey Lake, CA · 2264 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.615km NW of Truckee, CA · 2266 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.116km NW of Truckee, CA · 2267 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.613 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2274 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 28
  7. 1.913 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2275 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.99 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2277 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.89 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2277 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.28 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2279 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.08km SSW of Chilcoot-Vinton, CA · 2281 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00765181. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC.