California earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada on Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 3:17 AM PST (11:17 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.0 9km S of Truckee, CA. 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
2020-12-05 11:17:23 UTC
Depth
12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.032° N, 119.632° 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
103°
Stations used
11

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 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.29 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2126 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.78 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2125 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.516 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2125 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.817 km ENE of Doyle, California · 2125 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.55 km SSW of Sattley, California · 2122 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.141 km WSW of Empire, Nevada · 2122 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.54km NE of Greenhorn, CA · 2119 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  8. 1.95km NE of Greenhorn, CA · 2119 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.78 km WNW of Carson City, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.913 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.713 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.013 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.515 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 12
  14. 3.09km S of Truckee, CA · 2107 days ago · -2 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 63
  15. 1.57 km NNW of Verdi, California · 2106 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.57 km NNW of Verdi, California · 2105 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.67 km NNW of Verdi, California · 2104 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.513 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2101 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.628 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.711km NW of Verdi-Mogul, NV · 2099 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
  21. 1.66 km NNW of Verdi, California · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 1.643 km W of Empire, Nevada · 2099 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 1.54 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2097 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 1.64 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2096 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 1.98 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2094 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.83 km N of Reno, Nevada · 2094 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 1.93 km N of Reno, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 2.69 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 1.810 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 2.810 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.713 km SW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 2.03km E of Truckee, CA · 2092 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  33. 1.89 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2092 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  34. 2.68km N of Truckee, CA · 2091 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 10
  35. 1.714 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2070 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 1.89 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2128 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.719 km WSW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2131 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 3.810 km N of Stagecoach, Nevada · 2132 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 214
  4. 1.711 km SSE of Burning Man Earth, Nevada · 2139 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.37km NW of Verdi-Mogul, NV · 2140 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.721 km NNE of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2141 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 2.215km NNW of Incline Village-Crystal Bay, NV · 2151 days ago · -2 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.93km NNW of Johnsville, CA · 2153 days ago · -2 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.5Northern California · 2155 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.64 km E of Cold Springs, Nevada · 2158 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00789842. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:52 AM UTC.