Nevada earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 31 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 31 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada on Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 10:07 PM PDT (05:07 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 22 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2021-09-20 05:07:45 UTC
Depth
11.7 km (7.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.091° N, 118.142° W
Region
Nevada
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
2.6ML, local (Richter)Nevada Seismological LaboratoryPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.49 · 9 stations
2.4ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.043 · 72 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.49
Station coverage gap
56°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.39 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 1839 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.539 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 1836 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.356 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1835 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.69 km WSW of Mina, Nevada · 1832 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.514 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1831 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.014 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1826 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.066 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.634 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 1.818 km SW of Fallon Station, Nevada · 1806 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.627 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1802 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.825 km NNE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1799 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.731 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 1795 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.010 km NE of Mina, Nevada · 1792 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.722 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1790 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 1.623 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1789 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 2.223 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1787 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 1.616 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1785 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.613 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1785 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.623 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1784 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 1.514 km NW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1781 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 1.6California-Nevada border region · 1780 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away

Before

  1. 1.526 km S of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1844 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.522 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1846 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.615 km ENE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.615 km ENE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1847 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.723 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1850 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.767 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.033 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 1865 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.7Nevada · 1867 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00822774 (also filed as us7000fct8). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.