M2.8 earthquake Nevada

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in Nevada on Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 4:53 PM PDT (23:53 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 25 km NE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.24 · 8 stations
2.4	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.043 · 72 stations

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00817060 (also filed as us6000f0uu). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC.