M1.9 earthquake 13 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 13 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada on Tue, Sep 27, 2022, 10:21 PM PDT (05:21 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 41 km NNE of Nixon, 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
1.9	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.13 · 14 stations
1.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.052 · 48 stations

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, 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: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00848069 (also filed as us6000inwp). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.