M2.6 earthquake 14 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 14 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada on Mon, Aug 15, 2022, 8:23 PM PDT (03:23 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 6 km SE of Floriston, California. 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
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.21 · 12 stations
2.4	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.048 · 58 stations

13 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00845098 (also filed as us6000ib7r). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.