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Nevada Earthquakes: Recent Quakes and the Largest on Record

Nevada averages 283 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more a year (2016 to 2025), and the largest in the USGS catalog since 1900 is the M7.1 of December 16, 1954, the Fairview Peak, Nevada Earthquake.

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Earthquakes near Las Vegas in the last 30 days

Every quake within 155 miles of Las Vegas, Nevada’s largest city, newest first. For your own address, enter a ZIP code.

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Reading the USGS earthquake catalog for magnitude 1.5 and up within 155 miles of Las Vegas.

Live from the USGS earthquake catalog. Times are Pacific time; felt reports and the shaking level come from Did You Feel It? A new quake can take a few minutes to appear and its magnitude can be revised.

Nevada by the numbers

USGS catalog, read October 10, 2026
283
Quakes of M2.5+ a year
the average, 2016 to 2025
6th
Rank of 50 states
by quakes of M2.5+ a year
M7.1
Largest since 1900
December 16, 1954
111
M3+ in 2026
through October 10, 2026

Nevada averages 283 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more a year, counting 2,825 from 2016 to 2025, which ranks it 6th of the fifty states.

Since 1990

Nevada earthquakes by year

The USGS catalog lists 2,544 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more in Nevada from 1990 to 2025, the most in 2020 (506). 2016 to 2025: 1,028; 2006 to 2015: 858.

Magnitude 3 and up in Nevada, 1990 to 2025; the tallest bar is 506. From the USGS catalog, read October 10, 2026.
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Since 1900

The 10 largest earthquakes in Nevada

The largest earthquake in Nevada in the USGS catalog since 1900 is the M7.1 of December 16, 1954, the Fairview Peak, Nevada Earthquake. The most recent of magnitude 4 or more was the M4.1 of September 27, 2026, 20 km W of Preston, Nevada.

  1. 1M7.1
    The 1954 Fairview Peak, Nevada EarthquakeDecember 16, 1954, 7.5 mi (12 km) deep
  2. 2M6.9
    The 1954 Dixie Valley, Nevada EarthquakeDecember 16, 1954, 7.5 mi (12 km) deep
  3. 3M6.8
    The 1915 Pleasant Valley, Nevada EarthquakeOctober 3, 1915, 6.2 mi (10 km) deep
  4. 4M6.8
    The 1932 Cedar Mountain, Nevada EarthquakeDecember 21, 1932, 6.2 mi (10 km) deep
  5. 5M6.5
    17 km ESE of Fallon Station, NevadaAugust 24, 1954, 9.3 mi (15 km) deep
  6. 6M6.5
    Monte Cristo Range, NV EarthquakeMay 15, 2020, 1.7 mi (3 km) deep
  7. 7M6.4
    Near Fernley, NevadaApril 24, 1914
  8. 8M6.3
    The 1934 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada EarthquakeJanuary 30, 1934
  9. 9M6.2
    The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada EarthquakeJuly 6, 1954, 6.2 mi (10 km) deep
  10. 10M6.1
    Near Tonopah Junction, NevadaNovember 21, 1910

From the USGS ComCat catalog, every magnitude since 1900, read October 10, 2026. Each place links to the quake’s USGS page.

The faults

Fault zones in Nevada

  • Carson Range fault system
  • Genoa fault zone
  • Mount Rose fault zone
  • Pyramid Lake fault zone
  • Olinghouse fault zone
“Active faults capable of generating strong earthquakes are located throughout the Reno-Carson City urban corridor.”

Named by the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, read October 9, 2026.

When it shakes

What to do in an earthquake

  1. 1

    Drop

    Drop where you are onto hands and knees.

  2. 2

    Cover

    Cover your head and neck with one arm and hand. If a sturdy table or desk is nearby, crawl underneath it for shelter. If no shelter is nearby, crawl next to an interior wall (away from windows). Stay on your knees; bend over to protect vital organs.

  3. 3

    Hold On

    Hold until the shaking stops. If under shelter, hold on with one hand and be ready to move with it when the shelter moves. If not under shelter, hold on to your head and neck with both arms and hands.

Ready.gov’s words, from Ready.gov: Earthquakes (updated Sep 9, 2026, read October 9, 2026). Practice it with The Great ShakeOut: Earthquake Drills.

A seismograph drum wrapped in paper with rows of ink traces, the pen drawing a new line as the drum turns
A seismogram being recorded by a seismograph at the Weston Observatory in Massachusetts. “Seismogram at Weston Observatory” by Z22, CC BY-SA 3.0
Questions

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Sources. The live list: the USGS FDSN event service. Nevada’s counts and largest quakes: the USGS ComCat catalog, read October 10, 2026, counted inside the state’s Census boundary and within 150 km of its coast where USGS names the state. Las Vegas: the state’s most populous city in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. Older years hold fewer small quakes because fewer instruments were listening.

Hero photograph: the San Andreas Fault across the Carrizo Plain. “Kluft-photo-Carrizo-Plain-Nov-2007-Img 0327” by Ikluft, CC BY-SA 4.0