M2.1 earthquake 64 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 64 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada on Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 12:39 AM PDT (07:39 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 33 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-08 07:39:01 UTC
- Depth
- 16.6 km (10.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.961° N, 117.767° 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
- ±0.38
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.733 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada · 1904 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.840 km NNE of Gabbs, Nevada · 1902 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.226 km WSW of Kingston, Nevada · 1902 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.649 km WSW of Austin, Nevada · 1891 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.930 km NE of Gabbs, Nevada · 1881 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.735 km W of Kingston, Nevada · 1874 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.036 km WNW of Kingston, Nevada · 1874 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.644 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1874 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.751 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1865 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00811059. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC.