QuakeIndex

Fault · Nevada

Hot Springs Mountains fault

43 kmlong (27 mi), as mapped
< 0.2 mm/yrhow fast it slips
< 15,000 yearssince it last broke the surface
11quakes of M2.5+ within 10 km since 2016

In plain English

The two sides move less than 0.2 mm a year — under 2 cm a century. Slow faults can still produce large earthquakes, just rarely.

Its most recent surface rupture is younger than 15,000 years.

This week vs. its last ten years

0/100

quiet

0 quakes of M1.5+ within 5 km of the trace in the last 7 days — busier than 0% of weeks since 2016. A normal week: 0–0.

Computed from the USGS catalogue · a description of the past, not a forecast · method

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The Hot Springs Mountains fault as mapped at the surface (glowing), with the other mapped faults nearby, 11 of the M2.5+ earthquakes within 10 km of it since 2016 (dots), . Traces: USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Historic epicentres are estimates.

Every year since 2016

Earthquakes of M2.5+ with an epicentre within 10 km of the mapped trace. Near is not the same as on: some will have slipped on neighbouring faults.

Most recent near it

  1. M 2.6 14 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada
    2022-08-16 · 4 km from the trace
  2. M 2.5 10 km NE of Silver Springs, Nevada
    2022-02-12 · 9 km from the trace
  3. M 2.5 15 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada
    2020-12-20 · 3 km from the trace
  4. M 2.6 13 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada
    2020-07-13 · 4 km from the trace
  5. M 2.5 13 km E of Fernley, Nevada
    2020-06-21 · 2 km from the trace
  6. M 2.6 14 km E of Fernley, Nevada
    2020-06-21 · 2 km from the trace

Neighbouring faults

Fault trace, slip rate and age: USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database (public domain), simplified for the web. Earthquakes: USGS ComCat. QuakeIndex does not forecast earthquakes; a fault's history describes the past. For early warning use ShakeAlert.