Nevada earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 39 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 39 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada on Sat, May 22, 2021, 2:56 PM PDT (21:56 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.7 33 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2021-05-22 21:56:38 UTC
Depth
13.7 km (8.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.198° N, 118.088° 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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.29
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.811 km SSW of Schurz, Nevada · 1944 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.326 km W of Kingston, Nevada · 1941 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.523 km SE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1937 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.422 km W of Mina, Nevada · 1918 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.164 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1914 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 1.525 km SE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1909 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.68 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1908 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.948 km SSW of Kingston, Nevada · 1907 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.740 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 1907 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.558 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 1907 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.822 km NE of Gabbs, Nevada · 1907 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.733 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada · 1905 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.819 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1904 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.840 km NNE of Gabbs, Nevada · 1903 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 2.226 km WSW of Kingston, Nevada · 1903 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.811 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1903 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.16 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada · 1902 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.724 km W of Mina, Nevada · 1902 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.838 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 1902 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away

Before

  1. 2.82 km WSW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1964 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.530 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1977 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 1.514 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 1986 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.629 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1990 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00807828. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC.