Earthquake near Winnemucca, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Winnemucca in the 24 hours to 12:37 pm PST (20:37 UTC). The last one was M 5.7, 212 km (132 mi) SSW, at 6:29 pm PDT on 13 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 6,515 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Winnemucca

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 30 km (19 mi) east-northeast of Winnemucca, NV, at 1:12 am PDT on 10 August 2021 (08:12 UTC), 15 km deep.

USGS: 14 km NNE of Golconda, Nevada

1:12 am PDT, Aug 10, 2021 · 2021-08-10 08:12 UTC · 15 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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When: 1:12 am PDT on 10 August 2021 (2021-08-10 08:12 UTC)
Where: 30 km (19 mi) east-northeast of Winnemucca, NV · earthquakes near Winnemucca
Magnitude: M 2.1 (ml)
Depth: 15 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Humboldt County, 72 km WNW
Nearest mapped fault: Sulphur Spring fault, 21 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1920 days ago · we first saw it 1920 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Winnemucca, 30 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

5.9 Near Winnemucca, Nevada · 35 km WSW of this epicentre Feb 3, 1916

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Humboldt County, NV	72 km (45 mi)	WNW	earthquakes near Humboldt County
Pershing County, NV	110 km (68 mi)	SW	earthquakes near Pershing County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

7 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

2.0 37 km SE of Paradise Valley, Nevada 00:06 UTC
2.3 32 km NNE of Valmy, Nevada 11:17 UTC
3.2 35 km NNE of Valmy, Nevada 00:27 UTC
2.4 Nevada 17:39 UTC
3.1 5 km NE of Valmy, Nevada 15:24 UTC
3.1 17 km S of Paradise Valley, Nevada 01:56 UTC
2.0 41 km NNE of Valmy, Nevada 16:28 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 20:37 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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