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Nevada Earthquake History
Since July 26, 1901, the USGS has recorded 351 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or greater in Nevada, 13 of them magnitude 6 or above. The strongest was M 7.1.
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Strongest in Nevada
M 7.1 · The 1954 Fairview Peak, Nevada EarthquakeDecember 16, 1954M 6.9 · The 1954 Dixie Valley, Nevada EarthquakeDecember 16, 1954M 6.8 · The 1932 Cedar Mountain, Nevada EarthquakeDecember 21, 1932M 6.8 · The 1915 Pleasant Valley, Nevada EarthquakeOctober 3, 1915M 6.5 · 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, NevadaAugust 24, 1954M 6.4 · Near Fernley, NevadaApril 24, 1914M 6.3 · The 1934 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada EarthquakeJanuary 30, 1934M 6.2 · The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada EarthquakeJuly 6, 1954M 6.1 · Near Tonopah Junction, NevadaNovember 21, 1910M 6.1 · 4 km S of Carter Springs, NevadaSeptember 12, 1994
All recorded earthquakes
M 5.2 mwrMay 1, 2026
19 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · depth 5 km
M 4.8 mwrApril 22, 2026
19 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · depth 3 km
M 4.7 mwrApril 19, 2026
20 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · depth 6 km
M 5.7 mwrApril 14, 2026
20 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada · depth 5 km
M 4.8 mwAugust 30, 2025
51 km NE of Valmy, Nevada · depth 8 km
M 5.7 mwrDecember 9, 2024
2024 Parker Butte, Nevada Earthquake · depth 8 km
M 4.5 mwJuly 19, 2023
45 km E of Austin, Nevada · depth 4 km
M 4.7 mlFebruary 15, 2022
36 km SE of Mina, Nevada · depth 4 km
M 4.7 mwwAugust 31, 2021
25 km S of Wells, Nevada · depth 7 km
M 4.7 mlDecember 14, 2020
26 km S of Mina, Nevada · depth 5 km
M 4.9 mlDecember 12, 2020
26 km S of Mina, Nevada · depth 6 km
M 4.9 mlDecember 3, 2020
24 km S of Mina, Nevada · depth 5 km
M 5.1 mlDecember 1, 2020
25 km S of Mina, Nevada · depth 5 km
M 5.3 mlNovember 13, 2020
33 km SE of Mina, Nevada · depth 5 km
M 4.5 mlJuly 6, 2020
29 km SE of Mina, Nevada · depth 6 km
M 5.0 mlJune 30, 2020
29 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · depth 8 km
M 4.9 mlJune 19, 2020
34 km SE of Mina, Nevada · depth 7 km
M 4.8 mlJune 8, 2020
34 km SE of Mina, Nevada · depth 5 km
M 5.1 mlMay 22, 2020
32 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · depth 7 km
M 5.0 mlMay 20, 2020
38 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · depth 12 km
M 4.6 mlMay 19, 2020
32 km SE of Mina, Nevada · depth 8 km
M 4.7 mlMay 17, 2020
35 km SE of Mina, Nevada · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mlMay 17, 2020
29 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · depth 10 km
M 4.6 mlMay 16, 2020
38 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · depth 17 km
M 4.6 mlMay 16, 2020
31 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · depth 5 km
M 4.7 mlMay 15, 2020
34 km SE of Mina, Nevada · depth 6 km
M 4.8 mlMay 15, 2020
36 km SE of Mina, Nevada · depth 8 km
M 4.5 mlMay 15, 2020
36 km SE of Mina, Nevada · depth 6 km
M 4.8 mlMay 15, 2020
29 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · depth 6 km
M 5.1 mlMay 15, 2020
31 km SE of Mina, Nevada · depth 7 km
M 4.9 mlMay 15, 2020
28 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · depth 4 km
M 4.5 mlMarch 21, 2020
5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada · depth 8 km
M 4.6 mlSeptember 10, 2019
44 km E of Austin, Nevada · depth 9 km
M 4.5 mlJuly 5, 2018
15 km WNW of Sandy Valley, Nevada · depth 9 km
M 5.5 mlDecember 28, 2016
28 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · depth 9 km
M 5.6 mlDecember 28, 2016
28 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · depth 12 km
M 5.6 mlDecember 28, 2016
29 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · depth 11 km
M 4.5 mlJuly 7, 2016
3 km W of Walker Lake, Nevada · depth 9 km
M 5.3 mlMay 22, 2015
37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · depth 4 km
M 4.8 mlFebruary 14, 2015
51 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · depth 17 km
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program. Older and smaller earthquakes are under-counted relative to recent decades as instrumentation improved. A record of past shaking is not a forecast. See About the Data.