M2.5 earthquake 52 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 52 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada on Sun, May 21, 2023, 4:41 AM PDT (11:41 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 31 km SSE of Mina, 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
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.037 · 96 stations
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.99 · 10 stations

1 person 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: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 73.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kdll (also filed as nn00859950). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC.