Nevada earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 19 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 19 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada on Sun, Jun 22, 2025, 6:55 PM PDT (01:55 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 8 km SSE of Deep Springs, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.4 (Mw, moment), minor
Magnitude from: Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time: Sun, Jun 22, 2025, 6:55 PM PDT
UTC: 2025-06-23 01:55:18 UTC
Depth: 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.594° N, 117.729° W
Region: Nevada
Felt reports: 3
Strongest shaking: III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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
3.4	Mw, moment	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed
3.4	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.063 · 24 stations

Shaking

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

Strongest estimated: III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.9% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.2 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

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

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting: Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1: Strike 66°, dip 73°, rake -7°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 158°, dip 84°, rake -163°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 56°
Stations used: 18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 78.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00899307 (also filed as nc75199186, us6000qlvw). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:17 AM UTC.