QuakeIndex

Fault · Nevada

Peavine Peak fault

16 kmlong (10 mi), as mapped
1–5 mm/yrhow fast it slips
< 15,000 yearssince it last broke the surface
12quakes of M2.5+ within 10 km since 2016

In plain English

The two sides move 1 to 5 mm a year — 10 to 50 cm (4 to 20 inches) every century.

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

The largest earthquake recorded near it was M 6.0 in 1914 (Near Reno, Nevada) — about 32,000 times the energy of an M3.0, the size people start to feel. It released about 15 kilotons of TNT.

This week vs. its last ten years

Too quiet to rank: fewer than half a year's worth of weeks with any M1.5+ quake within 5 km, in ten years. A single quake here would read as "unusual", so we do not score it.

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

San Andreas faultGreat Valley thrust fault systemFoothills fault systemHoney Lake faultSmith Valley faultMohawk Valley faultCarson lineamentWarm Springs Valley faultTahoe-Sierra frontal faultBonham Ranch faultWest Tahoe-Dollar Point faultPyramid Lake faultUpper Long Valley faultDry Valley-Smoke Creek Ranch faultEast Carson Valley faultMount Rose faultDog Valley faultPolaris faultNorth Tahoe faultGenoa faultSpanish Springs Valley faultIncline Village faultOlinghouse faultFort Sage faultLittle Valley faultCarson City faultKings Canyon faultIndian Valley faultTerraced Hills faultNorthern Virginia Range fault M 6.0 · 1914 · Near Reno, Nevada M 6.0 · 1948 · 6 km WNW of Verdi, California
The Peavine Peak fault as mapped at the surface (glowing), with the other mapped faults nearby, 12 of the M2.5+ earthquakes within 10 km of it since 2016 (dots), and the epicentres of the large historic earthquakes recorded near it (rings). 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.

The big ones recorded near it

  1. M 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada
    February 18, 1914 · epicentre 22 km from the trace
  2. M 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California
    December 29, 1948 · epicentre 14 km from the trace

Before 1973 from the USGS ComCat historical catalogue (within 25 km; epicentres of old earthquakes are estimates). Since 2016, M4+ within 10 km.

Most recent near it

  1. M 2.6 3 km NW of Cold Springs, NV
    2025-09-14 · 4 km from the trace
  2. M 2.8 7 km NE of Cold Springs, Nevada
    2025-04-03 · 10 km from the trace
  3. M 2.5 6 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
    2023-06-22 · 3 km from the trace
  4. M 2.8 6 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
    2023-06-21 · 2 km from the trace
  5. M 2.6 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
    2023-06-07 · 4 km from the trace
  6. M 2.9 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
    2023-06-04 · 4 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.