M2.3 earthquake 56 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 56 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada on Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 10:08 AM PDT (17:08 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 75 km NNW of Austin, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-24 17:08:41 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.933° N, 117.892° 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
- ±0.27
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.066 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.056 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.632 km NW of Lovelock, Nevada · 1787 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.074 km NNW of Austin, Nevada · 1777 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.575 km NNW of Austin, Nevada · 1777 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00823374. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:02 PM UTC.