Home / Earthquakes / Nevada
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.
By decade
'00
'10
'20
'30
'40
'50
'60
'70
'80
'90
'00
'10
'20
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 5.9 mwAugust 16, 1966
38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · depth 10 km
M 4.6 mbApril 13, 1965
19 km E of Gabbs, Nevada · depth 33 km
M 5.0 mbOctober 23, 1964
19 km E of Hawthorne, Nevada · depth 26 km
M 4.5 mbMarch 22, 1964
17 km NNE of Walker Lake, Nevada · depth 16 km
M 4.8 mlMarch 25, 1963
3km SW of Boulder City, NV · depth 6 km
M 4.9 mlDecember 15, 1962
28 km S of Golconda, Nevada
M 4.6 mlSeptember 7, 1962
66 km NNE of Valmy, Nevada · depth 33 km
M 4.7 mlJuly 20, 1962
45 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada · depth 33 km
M 4.6 mlApril 25, 1962
12 km N of Mina, Nevada · depth 25 km
M 4.5 mlAugust 4, 1961
28 km W of Kingston, Nevada · depth 12 km
M 5.0 mlJuly 4, 1961
12 km WSW of Lovelock, Nevada
M 5.4 mlJuly 4, 1961
33 km NW of Imlay, Nevada
M 4.9 mlJanuary 26, 1960
64 km E of Tonopah, Nevada
M 5.4 mwJune 23, 1959
13 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada · depth 15 km
M 5.5 mwJune 23, 1959
13 km NW of Schurz, Nevada · depth 15 km
M 4.8 mlMay 21, 1959
51 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 5.7 mwMarch 23, 1959
47 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada · depth 15 km
M 4.5 mlJanuary 4, 1958
38 km W of Preston, Nevada
M 4.6 mlOctober 17, 1957
28 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.7 mlNovember 16, 1956
45 km NW of Carlin, Nevada
M 5.1 mlJuly 26, 1956
27 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.6 mlMarch 8, 1956
22 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada
M 4.5 mlDecember 31, 1955
17 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
M 4.6 mlDecember 22, 1955
10 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada
M 4.8 mlDecember 22, 1955
10 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada
M 4.6 mlNovember 2, 1955
58 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.5 mlSeptember 29, 1955
45 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
M 5.2 mlAugust 8, 1955
21 km S of Hawthorne, Nevada
M 5.0 mlJune 19, 1955
27 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada
M 5.2 mlJune 19, 1955
30 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada
M 4.5 mlJune 8, 1955
21 km W of Gabbs, Nevada
M 4.5 mlMay 30, 1955
61 km N of Gabbs, Nevada
M 4.5 mlMay 8, 1955
18 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada
M 4.7 mlMarch 14, 1955
40 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.6 mlMarch 13, 1955
59 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.5 mlMarch 11, 1955
50 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
M 4.5 mlMarch 8, 1955
27 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.8 mlFebruary 19, 1955
49 km NNE of Gabbs, Nevada
M 4.7 mlFebruary 11, 1955
53 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.7 mlJanuary 25, 1955
16 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
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.