List of earthquakes in Nevada

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!Location

!Magnitude

!Fatalities

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|Truckee

|6.0 {{M|l|link=yes}}

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|Minor damage to a courthouse in Nevada City.

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|{{Cite web|title=M 6.0 – California-Nevada Border east of Truckee|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ushis94/executive|access-date=24 January 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Reno

|6.5 {{M|l}}

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|Rockslides were reported between Pyramid Lake and Carson City.

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|{{Cite web|title=M 6.5 – East of Reno, Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/cdmg18600315190000000/executive|access-date=24 January 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Virginia City

|6.0 {{M|l}}

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|Plaster was knocked off almost every brick building in Virginia City. Hot water at Steamboat Springs turned into mud.

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|{{Cite web|title=M 6.0 – Near Virginia City, Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/cdmg18680530051000000/executive|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Virginia City

|6.4 {{M|l}}

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|Severe damage to masonry walls of buildings in Virginia City and Washoe City. Damage also reported in Spring Gulch and Mokelumne Hill.

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|{{Cite web|title=M 6.4 – Northwest of Virginia City, Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/cdmg18691227015500000/executive|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Carson City

|6.2 {{M|l}}

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|Damage in Carson City, Dayton, Genoa, Steamboat and Virginia City.

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|{{Cite web|title=M 6.2 – Near Carson City, Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/cdmg18691227100000000/executive|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Augusta Mountains

|5.5 {{M|fa}}

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|Plasters fell off a courthouse in Austin.

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|{{Cite web|title=M 5.5 – Northwest of Austin, Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ushis160/executive}}

|Owens Valley

|7.8–7.9 {{M|w}}

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|1872 Owens Valley earthquake

|{{Cite web|title=M 7.8 – The 1872 Owens Valley Earthquake, California|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ushis161/executive|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Big Smokey Valley

|6.0 {{M|l}}

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|{{Cite web|title=M 6.0 – South of Austin, Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ushis171/executive|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Carson City

|6.5 {{M|w}}

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|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.

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|{{Cite web|title=M 6.5 – Near Carson City, Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/cdmg18870603104800000/executive|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Reno

|6.0 {{M|fa}}

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|Large cracks to structures in Reno. Some fires broke out.{{Cite book|last=Craig M. dePolo and Terri M. Garside|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/cfusion/external_grants/reports/04HQGR0114.pdf|title=The November 21, 1910 Tonopah Junction Earthquake, and the February 18, 1914 and April 24, 1914 Reno Earthquakes in Nevada|year=2006}} Foreshock of the April earthquake.

|1914 Reno earthquakes

|{{Cite web|title=M 6.0 – Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ushis556/executive|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Reno

|6.4 {{M|fa}}

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|Several people fainted. Major damage.

|1914 Reno earthquakes

|{{Cite web|title=M 6.4 – Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ushis559/executive|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Tobin Range

|6.8 {{M|w}}

7.6 {{M|s}}

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|Limited damage.

|1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake

|{{Cite web|title=M 6.8 – Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem913944/executive|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}{{Cite web|title=Significant Earthquake Information NEVADA: PLEASANT VALLEY|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/3038|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Cedar Mountain

|6.8 {{M|w}}

7.2 M

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|Limited damage.

|1932 Cedar Mountain earthquake

|{{Cite web|title=M 6.8 – Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem906508/executive|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}{{Cite web|title=Significant Earthquake Information NEVADA: CEDAR MOUNTAIN|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/3505|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Buckskin Range

|6.1 {{M|s}}

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|{{Cite web|title=M 6.1 – Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ushis994/executive|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Excelsior Mountains

|6.5 {{M|s}}

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|{{Cite web|title=M 6.5 – Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ushis1021/executive|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Great Salt Lake

|6.6 {{M|w}}

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|1934 Hansel Valley earthquake

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|Fallon

|6.8 {{M|l}}

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|Several sailors injured at a nearby Naval Auxiliary Air Station.

|1954 Fallon earthquake

|{{Cite web|title=M 6.8 – Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ushis1941/executive|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Fallon

|6.2 {{M|w}}

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|Aftershock.

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|{{Cite web|title=M 6.2 – Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ushis1950/executive|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Stillwater

|6.6 {{M|w}}

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|Earthquake sequence. This earthquake damaged nearby dams, irrigation facilities, roads and buildings.

|1954 Stillwater earthquake

|{{Cite web|title=M 6.6 – Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ushis1969/executive|access-date=24 Jan 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Fairview Peak

|7.3 {{M|w}}

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|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

|{{Cite web|title=M 7.3 – Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ushis1985/executive|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Dixie Valley

|6.9 {{M|w}}

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|Large surface ruptures produced. Limited damage. Aftershock of the 7.3 quake.

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|{{Cite web|title=M 6.9 – Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ushis1986/executive|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Dixie Valley

|6.0 {{M|w}}

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|Aftershock.

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|{{Cite web|title=M 6.0 – Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem881629/executive|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Nevada Test Site

|5.4 {{M|s}}

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|Department of Energy buildings at the Nevada Test Site sustained considerable damage.

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|{{Cite web|title=M 5.4 – 48 km ESE of Beatty, NV|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci3031537/executive|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}{{Cite web|title=Significant Earthquake Information NEVADA-CALIFORNIA BORDER: NEVADA TEST SITE|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/5331|website=NGDC}}

|St. George

|5.9 {{M|w}}

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|A large landslide destroyed three homes and partially buried State Route 9.

|1992 St. George earthquake

|{{Cite web|title=M 5.9 – Utah|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uu50067050/executive|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Wells

|5.9–6.0 {{M|w}}

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|Three injured and at least 20 buildings seriously damaged. An additional 700 buildings had minor damage.

|2008 Wells earthquake

|{{Cite web|title=M 5.9 – 8 km ENE of Wells, Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nn00234425/executive|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Reno

|5.1 {{M|l}}

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|Minor damage in Reno.

|2008 Reno earthquakes

|{{Cite web|title=M 5.1 – 1 km NW of Mogul, Nevada|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nn00385392/executive|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Ridgecrest

|6.4 {{M|w}}

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|Twenty people injured and many houses damaged. One person killed in Pahrump when he was pinned under a jeep he was working on.{{Cite news|last=Cosgrove|first=Jaclyn|date=9 July 2019|title=Ridgecrest earthquake suspected of killing man in Nevada|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ridgecrest-earthquakes-death-nevada-20190709-story.html|access-date=24 January 2021}} Foreshock to the 7.1 quake the next day.

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|{{Cite web|title=M 6.4 – Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38443183/executive|access-date=2021-01-24|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}

|Ridgecrest

|7.1 {{M|w}}

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|Five people injured and 3,000 left without power. Gas leaks and fires broke out in Ridgecrest and Trona.{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=9 July 2019|title=Ridgecrest earthquake damage: Burglaries, fires after Friday's earthquake but no major injuries|work=ABC7|url=https://abc7.com/ridgecrest-earthquake-damage-fires-break-out-after-fridays-temblor/5381347/|access-date=24 Jan 2021}}

|2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes

|{{Cite web|date=5 July 2019|title=M 7.1 – 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38457511/executive|access-date=24 January 2021|publisher=USGS-ANSS}}

|Monte Cristo Range

|6.5 {{M|w}}

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US 95 suffered some damage.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-15|title=6.5 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Western Nevada|url=https://www.radio.com/kxnt/articles/news/65-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-western-nevada|access-date=2021-01-24|website=radio.com|language=en}}

|2020 Nevada earthquake

|{{Cite web|title=M 6.5 – Monte Cristo Range, NV Earthquake|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nn00725272/executive|access-date=2021-01-24|publisher=United States Geological Survey}}