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Earthquakes in Storey County, Nevada

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The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Storey County was M 2.8, 20 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada, 45 km (28 mi) ESE of the centre of Storey County, at 2:34 am PDT on 15 October 2026, 9 km deep. The estimated shaking at the centre of Storey County was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 19 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Storey County since.

In the last 24 hours, 1 earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 50 km (31 mi) of the centre of Storey County: M 2.1, 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada, 42 km (26 mi) ESE of the centre of Storey County, at 1:25 am PST.

Last 24 hours
1
Last 7 days
3
Last 30 days
21 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 11
Last 12 months
809 · largest M 5.7 on 13 April 2026
Since 2016
1,490 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
Largest since 2016
M 5.7 on 13 April 2026, 20 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
Nearest mapped fault
Northern Virginia Range fault, 11 km from the centre to its surface trace

Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 50 km (31 mi) of the centre of Storey County · shaking is estimated for the centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses

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1 quake of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days within 50 km. Normal for here is 0 to 2 in a week.

Compared against Storey County, Nevada's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated

If you felt one

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The last 30 days

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Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M1.6–M2.2), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

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Live · last 7 days

Latest earthquakes within 50 km

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  1. 2.1 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada 42 km (26 mi) WNW · 9 km deep

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The last 7 days on the map

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Every earthquake within 50 km of Storey County, Nevada in the last 7 days, from the USGS feed. Colour and size are magnitude; tap one for its page.

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The centre is 39.438, -119.525, the Census internal point of Storey County, Nevada from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity on this page is measured within 50 km of it — the dashed circle.

Largest on record nearby

The strongest shaking this record implies at the centre of Storey County, Nevada is intensity IV (light), from the M 5.7 of 2026, 46 km away. At that level most people indoors notice it; dishes and windows rattle.

MagnitudeWhenWhereShaking here (est.)
M 5.7 20 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada · felt by 6,515 IV · Light
M 5.2 19 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · felt by 1,875 IV · Light
M 4.8 19 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · felt by 292 III · Weak
M 4.7 20 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · felt by 170 III · Weak
M 4.5 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada · felt by 4,857 III · Weak
M 4.3 20 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · felt by 81 III · Weak
M 4.2 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · felt by 76 III · Weak
M 4.0 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · felt by 49 III · Weak

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · within 50 km of the centre above. Shaking is an estimate for the centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. Ground conditions change it locally; it is a description of the past, not a hazard rating.

Before 2016

The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of the centre of Storey County, Nevada:

  1. 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 18 km ENE of the centre
  2. 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 34 km SSE of the centre
  3. 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 25 km WNW of the centre
  4. 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 49 km WNW of the centre
  5. 5.5 7 km N of Wadsworth, Nevada · 35 km NNE of the centre
  6. 5.3 1 km NNE of Verdi, Nevada · 40 km WNW of the centre
  7. 5.1 12 km SSE of Reno, Nevada · 22 km W of the centre
  8. 5.1 1 km NW of Mogul, Nevada · 37 km WNW of the centre

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearest mapped faults

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database, within 50 km. Near is not the same as on, and faults with no surface trace are not in it.

Town pages near Storey County, Nevada

Sparks 22 km · 1 M2.5+ named after it · Silver Springs 26 km · 143 M2.5+ named after it · Reno 27 km · 36 M2.5+ named after it · Spanish Springs 28 km · 18 M2.5+ named after it · Fernley 30 km · 12 M2.5+ named after it · Carson City 37 km · 2 M2.5+ named after it · Cold Springs 47 km · 8 M2.5+ named after it

Each town page lists every M1.5+ earthquake within 30 km since 2016 and the ones USGS named after it. Town names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

Be ready

Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.