Nevada earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 54 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 54 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada on Thu, Oct 14, 2021, 5:04 PM PDT (00:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2021-10-15 00:04:32 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.076° N, 115.664° W
Region
Nevada
Felt reports
2
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.6ML, local (Richter)Nevada Seismological LaboratoryPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.28 · 7 stations
3.2ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.029 · 158 stations

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Peak ground acceleration
2.1% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.6 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.28
Station coverage gap
100°
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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.169 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 1799 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.815 km NW of McGill, Nevada · 1790 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 1.662 km SSE of Kingston, Nevada · 1831 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.558 km SSE of Kingston, Nevada · 1838 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00825704 (also filed as us6000fuqk). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC.