M3.2 earthquake 20 km NE of Yerington, Nevada

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 20 km NE of Yerington, Nevada on Mon, Dec 30, 2024, 12:40 PM PST (20:40 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 13 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

Map

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
3.2	Mw, moment	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed
3.2	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 199 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 146.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00890922 (also filed as us6000pgje). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC.