Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 13 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 13 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada on Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 4:43 AM PST (12:43 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.8 10 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2021-01-01 12:43:02 UTC
Depth
0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.576° N, 119.099° 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
147°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.628 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.711km NW of Verdi-Mogul, NV · 2099 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 6
  3. 1.66 km NNW of Verdi, California · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.54 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2097 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 1.64 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2096 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 1.98 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2094 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 1.83 km N of Reno, Nevada · 2094 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.93 km N of Reno, Nevada · 2094 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.69 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.810 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.810 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.713 km SW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2093 days ago · 18 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 2.03km E of Truckee, CA · 2092 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.89 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2092 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.68km N of Truckee, CA · 2091 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 10
  16. 1.94 km SSW of Smith Valley, Nevada · 2088 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.56 km NNE of Fish Springs, Nevada · 2087 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.58 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2079 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.516 km N of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2073 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.714 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2071 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 1.532 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2066 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 1.732 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2066 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 1.638 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2064 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 1.64 km NW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2064 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 2.534 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2063 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.79 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada · 2063 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 1.510 km S of Sparks, Nevada · 2062 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.54 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada · 2059 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 1.99 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada · 2054 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 8
  30. 2.09 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada · 2053 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
  31. 1.94 km SSE of Dayton, Nevada · 2052 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 2.49 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada · 2051 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 9
  33. 1.512 km W of Virginia City, Nevada · 2051 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 2.08 km NW of Virginia City, Nevada · 2051 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  35. 1.89 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada · 2049 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
  36. 1.89 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada · 2049 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  37. 1.520 km NNE of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2044 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 1.839 km NE of Fallon, Nevada · 2102 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.67 km NNW of Verdi, California · 2104 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.57 km NNW of Verdi, California · 2106 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.57 km NNW of Verdi, California · 2106 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 3.09km S of Truckee, CA · 2107 days ago · -2 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 63
  6. 2.515 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 12
  7. 2.013 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.713 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  9. 1.913 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 14 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.78 km WNW of Carson City, Nevada · 2114 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.824 km S of Fallon Station, Nevada · 2119 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.817 km ENE of Doyle, California · 2125 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.516 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada · 2125 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 1.78 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2125 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 2.29 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2126 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.59 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2128 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.89 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2128 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.719 km WSW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 2131 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00795531. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC.