Earthquakes in Nevada
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33 quakes in the last 7 days in Nevada. Normal for here is 36 to 81 in a week.
Compared against Nevada's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated
The last 30 days
Latest nearby
No earthquakes have been recorded in Nevada in the period we currently hold. That is a real answer, not a missing one — quiet places exist.
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Where this is
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Centre 38.774, -117.314 — the mean of this state’s place centroids, from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity is measured within 50 km of it.
Largest on record nearby
| Magnitude | When | Where |
|---|---|---|
| M 7.1 | Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence | |
| M 6.5 | Monte Cristo Range, NV Earthquake | |
| M 6.4 | Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence | |
| M 6.0 | Antelope Valley, CA | |
| M 5.8 | 18km SSE of Lone Pine, CA | |
| M 5.7 | 2024 Parker Butte, Nevada Earthquake | |
| M 5.7 | 20 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada | |
| M 5.6 | 29 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada |
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · within 50 km of the centre above.
Counties in Nevada
- Carson City
- Churchill County
- Clark County
- Douglas County
- Elko County
- Esmeralda County
- Eureka County
- Humboldt County
- Lander County
- Lincoln County
- Lyon County
- Mineral County
- Nye County
- Pershing County
- Storey County
- Washoe County
- White Pine County
After an earthquake here
- Report what you felt to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us, and they are what produces the intensity maps
- What to do during and after an earthquake
- Check the roads — Nevada Explorer, for Reno, Tahoe and the Sierra passes
- QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For early warning, ShakeAlert reaches phones through Wireless Emergency Alerts and the MyShake app