M2.8 earthquake 2 km WSW of Gabbs, Nevada

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Gabbs, Nevada on Wed, May 19, 2021, 4:56 PM PDT (23:56 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 33 km SE of Mina, Nevada. 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
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.49 · 10 stations
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.048 · 56 stations

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

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 178 in the 60 days after this one and 152 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 178.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00807623 (also filed as us7000e4lh). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.