List of earthquakes in Nevada

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This is a list of earthquakes that have occurred in or near the US state of Nevada. Only earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.0 or greater will be included. Smaller quakes will not be listed unless they have caused damage, death or injury.


Date	Location	Magnitude	Fatalities	Notes	Article	Ref
September 3, 1857	Truckee	6.0 M_L		Minor damage to a courthouse in Nevada City.		^[1]
March 15, 1860	Reno	6.5 M_L		Rockslides were reported between Pyramid Lake and Carson City.		^[2]
May 30, 1868	Virginia City	6.0 M_L		Plaster was knocked off almost every brick building in Virginia City. Hot water at Steamboat Springs turned into mud.		^[3]
December 27, 1869	Virginia City	6.4 M_L		Severe damage to masonry walls of buildings in Virginia City and Washoe City. Damage also reported in Spring Gulch and Mokelumne Hill.		^[4]
December 27, 1869	Carson City	6.2 M_L		Damage in Carson City, Dayton, Genoa, Steamboat and Virginia City.		^[5]
March 23, 1872	Augusta Mountains	5.5 M_fa		Plasters fell off a courthouse in Austin.		^[6]
March 26, 1872	Owens Valley	7.8–7.9 M_w	27		1872 Owens Valley earthquake	^[7]
December 11, 1872	Big Smokey Valley	6.0 M_L				^[8]
June 3, 1887	Carson City	6.5 M_w		Suspected uplift at Deadman's Ranch. Homes shifted off their foundations in Genoa. Damage to brick walls and plasters in Reno, Virginia City, and parts of California.		^[9]
February 18, 1914	Reno	6.0 M_fa		Large cracks to structures in Reno. Some fires broke out.^[10] Foreshock of the April earthquake.	1914 Reno earthquakes	^[11]
April 24, 1914	Reno	6.4 M_fa		Several people fainted. Major damage.^[10]	1914 Reno earthquakes	^[12]
October 2, 1915	Tobin Range	6.8 M_w  7.6 M_s		Limited damage.	1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake	^[13]^[14]
December 21, 1932	Cedar Mountain	6.8 M_w  7.2 M		Limited damage.	1932 Cedar Mountain earthquake	^[15]^[16]
June 25, 1933	Buckskin Range	6.1 M_s				^[17]
January 30, 1934	Excelsior Mountains	6.5 M_s				^[18]
March 12, 1934	Great Salt Lake	6.6 M_w	2		1934 Hansel Valley earthquake	^[19]
July 6, 1954	Fallon	6.8 M_L		Several sailors injured at a nearby Naval Auxiliary Air Station.	1954 Fallon earthquake	^[20]
July 6, 1954	Fallon	6.2 M_w		Aftershock.		^[21]
August 24, 1954	Stillwater	6.6 M_w		Earthquake sequence. This earthquake damaged nearby dams, irrigation facilities, roads and buildings.	1954 Stillwater earthquake	^[22]
December 16, 1954	Fairview Peak	7.3 M_w		Largest mainshock. Produced large surface ruptures. Triggered numerous landslides, rockfall and mudflows. Damage to towns was limited to cracks and chimneys toppling.	1954 Fairview earthquake	^[23]
December 16, 1954	Dixie Valley	6.9 M_w		Large surface ruptures produced. Limited damage. Aftershock of the 7.3 quake.		^[24]
March 23, 1959	Dixie Valley	6.0 M_w		Aftershock.		^[25]
June 29, 1992	Nevada Test Site	5.4 M_s		Department of Energy buildings at the Nevada Test Site sustained considerable damage.		^[26]^[27]
September 2, 1992	St. George	5.9 M_w		A large landslide destroyed three homes and partially buried State Route 9.	1992 St. George earthquake	^[28]
February 21, 2008	Wells	5.9–6.0 M_w		Three injured and at least 20 buildings seriously damaged. An additional 700 buildings had minor damage.	2008 Wells earthquake	^[29]
April 26, 2008	Reno	5.1 M_L		Minor damage in Reno.	2008 Reno earthquakes	^[30]
July 4, 2019	Ridgecrest	6.4 M_w	1	Twenty people injured and many houses damaged. One person killed in Pahrump when he was pinned under a jeep he was working on.^[31] Foreshock to the 7.1 quake the next day.		^[32]
July 5, 2019	Ridgecrest	7.1 M_w		Five people injured and 3,000 left without power. Gas leaks and fires broke out in Ridgecrest and Trona.^[33]	2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes	^[34]
May 21, 2020	Monte Cristo Range	6.5 M_w		US 95 suffered some damage.^[35]	2020 Nevada earthquake	^[36]

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