Nevada earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 69 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 69 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada on Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 4:48 PM PST (00:48 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.5 31 km SE of Gabbs, 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
2020-12-06 00:48:55 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.440° N, 116.594° 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
182°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.9Nevada · 2128 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.642 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2115 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.672 km SE of Kingston, Nevada · 2112 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.660 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 2105 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.769 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.655 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 2097 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.934 km ENE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2089 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.825 km NNE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2084 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.791 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2079 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.531 km SE of Gabbs, Nevada · 2078 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.432 km SE of Gabbs, Nevada · 2078 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.657 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 2077 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.724 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2071 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.623 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2071 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 1.526 km NE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2130 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.062 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2135 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.963 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 2139 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.538 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 2140 days ago · 34 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.66 km WSW of Tonopah, Nevada · 2144 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.555 km ENE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2150 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.539 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada · 2150 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.741 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2151 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.555 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 2152 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.176 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2155 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00790059. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:29 AM UTC.