M2.0 earthquake 66 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 66 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada on Mon, Oct 4, 2021, 3:15 AM PDT (10:15 UTC), 9 km (6 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-04 10:15:46 UTC
- Depth
- 9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.928° N, 117.770° 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
- ±0.22
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.056 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1826 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.632 km NW of Lovelock, Nevada · 1788 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.074 km NNW of Austin, Nevada · 1778 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.575 km NNW of Austin, Nevada · 1778 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00824606. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:23 PM UTC.