California earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 8 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 8 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada on Mon, Dec 7, 2020, 11:07 PM PST (07:07 UTC), 0 km (0 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
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2020-12-08 07:07:43 UTC
Depth
0.2 km (0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.025° N, 119.608° 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
150°
Stations used
10

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 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.516 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2125 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.817 km ENE of Doyle, California · 2125 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.55 km SSW of Sattley, California · 2122 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.141 km WSW of Empire, Nevada · 2122 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.54km NE of Greenhorn, CA · 2119 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
  6. 1.95km NE of Greenhorn, CA · 2119 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.78 km WNW of Carson City, Nevada · 2114 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.913 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.713 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.013 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.515 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 12
  12. 3.09km S of Truckee, CA · 2107 days ago · -2 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 63
  13. 1.57 km NNW of Verdi, California · 2106 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.57 km NNW of Verdi, California · 2106 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 1.67 km NNW of Verdi, California · 2104 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.513 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2101 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.628 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.711km NW of Verdi-Mogul, NV · 2099 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
  19. 1.66 km NNW of Verdi, California · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.643 km W of Empire, Nevada · 2099 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 1.54 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2097 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 1.64 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2096 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 1.98 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2094 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 1.83 km N of Reno, Nevada · 2094 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 1.93 km N of Reno, Nevada · 2094 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.69 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 1.810 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 2.810 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.713 km SW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 2.03km E of Truckee, CA · 2092 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.89 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2092 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 2.68km N of Truckee, CA · 2091 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 10
  33. 1.714 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2071 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 1.532 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2066 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 1.732 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away

Before

  1. 2.29 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2126 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.59 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2128 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.89 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2128 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.719 km WSW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2131 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 3.810 km N of Stagecoach, Nevada · 2132 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 214
  6. 1.711 km SSE of Burning Man Earth, Nevada · 2139 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.37km NW of Verdi-Mogul, NV · 2140 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.721 km NNE of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2141 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 2.215km NNW of Incline Village-Crystal Bay, NV · 2151 days ago · -2 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.93km NNW of Johnsville, CA · 2153 days ago · -2 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.5Northern California · 2155 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00790638. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:07 PM UTC.