M2.7 earthquake 54 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 54 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada on Tue, May 23, 2023, 10:33 AM PDT (17:33 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 64km ENE of Big Pine, 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
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.029 · 153 stations
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.78 · 16 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000k3av (also filed as nn00860199). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:41 PM UTC.