M2.6 earthquake 4 km NE of Sutcliffe, Nevada

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Sutcliffe, Nevada on Wed, Mar 30, 2022, 2:05 PM PDT (21:05 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 4km E of Truckee, CA. 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 · ±0.18 · 8 stations
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.048 · 56 stations

3 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: 29 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 nn00836357 (also filed as us7000gyj2). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC.