Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 28 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 28 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada on Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 11:37 AM PDT (18:37 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 59 km E of Lovelock, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2023-08-20 18:37:28 UTC
Depth
1.6 km (1.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.540° N, 118.433° 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
±0.41
Station coverage gap
115°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.616 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada · 1140 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.617 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1137 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.520 km NNE of Schurz, Nevada · 1128 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.756 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 1122 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.527 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 1119 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 1.5Nevada · 1119 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.060 km SE of Imlay, Nevada · 1119 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.659 km E of Lovelock, Nevada · 1119 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.153 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 1119 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 1.913 km NNE of Virginia City, Nevada · 1114 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.756 km WNW of Austin, Nevada · 1113 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.057 km WNW of Austin, Nevada · 1112 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.427 km WNW of Kingston, Nevada · 1111 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.520 km WSW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 1102 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.9Nevada · 1090 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.015 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada · 1089 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.035 km E of Schurz, Nevada · 1087 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.521 km WSW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 1083 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.524 km ENE of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1082 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 2.050 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 1145 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.68 km SW of Schurz, Nevada · 1154 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 3.08 km SW of Schurz, Nevada · 1154 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.28 km SW of Schurz, Nevada · 1154 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.619 km WSW of Fallon, Nevada · 1156 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.655 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 1162 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.731 km SW of Lovelock, Nevada · 1167 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00864706. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.