M1.9 earthquake 6 km NNE of Carson City, Nevada

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Carson City, Nevada on Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 7:25 AM PDT (14:25 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.4 25km SSW of Smith Valley, NV. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
1.9	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Preliminary · ±0.17 · 13 stations
1.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.055 · 44 stations

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of at least 202.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00814825 (also filed as us7000en6c). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:25 AM UTC.