M2.9 earthquake 11 km ESE of Smith, Nevada

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 11 km ESE of Smith, Nevada on Fri, Jan 3, 2025, 6:55 PM PST (02:55 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 13 km ESE of Hawthorne, 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
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.21 · 9 stations
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.042 · 74 stations

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, 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: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 199 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 123.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00891374 (also filed as us6000phs8). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:06 AM UTC.