Nevada earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 67 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 67 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada on Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 2:02 PM PDT (21:02 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.6 31 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada. 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
2021-09-07 21:02:33 UTC
Depth
13.8 km (8.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.507° N, 117.943° W
Region
Nevada
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

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

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How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.00
Station coverage gap
189°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.631 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1840 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.539 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 1836 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.356 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1835 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.066 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1826 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.056 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1826 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.634 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.818 km SW of Fallon Station, Nevada · 1806 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.825 km NNE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1799 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 2.630 km E of Nixon, Nevada · 1854 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.033 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 1865 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.751 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1866 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.7Nevada · 1868 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.644 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1874 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.036 km WNW of Kingston, Nevada · 1874 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.735 km W of Kingston, Nevada · 1874 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.617 km SW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1879 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.930 km NE of Gabbs, Nevada · 1881 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00821539. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:07 AM UTC.