Nevada earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 25 km WNW of Lovelock, Nevada

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 25 km WNW of Lovelock, Nevada on Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 12:30 PM PDT (19:30 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 11 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2026-04-29 19:30:07 UTC
Depth
0.7 km (0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.260° N, 118.749° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Station coverage gap
178°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.612 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada · 155 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.216 km SW of Fallon, Nevada · 153 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.613 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada · 149 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.615 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada · 149 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.123 km E of Herlong, California · 149 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.510 km WNW of Nixon, Nevada · 141 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.611 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada · 140 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.921 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada · 139 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.611 km SSW of Nixon, Nevada · 138 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.047 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 137 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.613 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 134 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.510 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada · 133 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.713 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 126 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.612 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 126 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.131 km W of Empire, Nevada · 125 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.166 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 105 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.672 km NW of Austin, Nevada · 103 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 2.125 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada · 157 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.713 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada · 164 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.658 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 165 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.934 km W of Empire, Nevada · 168 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.619 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada · 168 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.927 km W of Empire, Nevada · 169 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.239 km SW of Lovelock, Nevada · 171 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 1.523 km ENE of Herlong, California · 180 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.639 km SW of Lovelock, Nevada · 185 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00916774. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.