M2.0 earthquake 56 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 56 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada on Mon, Oct 4, 2021, 3:47 AM PDT (10:47 UTC), 6 km (4 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 10:47:37 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.974° N, 117.862° 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
- ±0.18
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.632 km NW of Lovelock, Nevada · 1787 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.074 km NNW of Austin, Nevada · 1778 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.575 km NNW of Austin, Nevada · 1778 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 2.066 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1826 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.356 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1835 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.767 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.630 km E of Nixon, Nevada · 1854 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00824613. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:57 PM UTC.