M2.2 earthquake 16 km W of Gerlach, Nevada
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 16 km W of Gerlach, Nevada on Tue, Apr 6, 2021, 3:54 PM PDT (22:54 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 20km W of Reederville, NV. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-06 22:54:28 UTC
- Depth
- 14.6 km (9.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.626° N, 119.549° W
- Region
- Nevada
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- ±0.30
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.717 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada · 2006 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.215 km W of Gerlach, Nevada · 2006 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of Nixon, Nevada · 2000 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.320km W of Reederville, NV · 1965 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.114km SE of Honey Lake, CA · 1959 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00804453. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:16 AM UTC.