How frequent are earthquakes in or near Nevada?

Nevada has a moderate level of seismic activity. Based on data from the past 55 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 10,000 quakes on average per year in or near Nevada. However, Nevada has had at least 7 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 15 to 20 years.

How many earthquakes occur every year in or near Nevada?

On average, Nevada has about 138 quakes of magnitude 3 or higher per year (Mag 4+: 16.5 quakes per year, Mag 5+: 3.7 quakes per year).

Volcanoes of or near Nevada (9)

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Latest earthquakes: Nevada

In the past 7 days, Nevada has had 1 quake of magnitude 4.5, 5 quakes between 3.0 and 4.0, and 22 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 124 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel.

A Magnitude 3.2 earthquake occurred in Washoe County, Nevada .

Magnitude 3.2 Earthquake Washoe County, Nevada -

Date and Time	Mag / Depth	Nearest Volcano / Location
Jul 1, 10:34 am (GMT -7)	3.2 8.9 km	150 km (93 mi) SW of Diamond Craters	Washoe County, Nevada, 42 mi southeast of Lakeview, Lake County, Oregon, United States I FELT IT	Info
Monday, June 30, 2025 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 30, 01:09 am (GMT -7)	3.0 1.6 km	124 km (77 mi) W of Soda Lakes	15 km SW of Loyalton, CA I FELT IT	Info
Sunday, June 29, 2025 GMT (2 quakes)
Jun 29, 03:56 am (Universal Time)	3.8 12 km	54 km (34 mi) NW of Ubehebe Craters	8 km SE of Deep Springs, CA I FELT IT - 1 report	Info
Jun 28, 07:37 pm (Los Angeles)	4.5 12 km	53 km (33 mi) NW of Ubehebe Craters	8 km SSE of Deep Springs, CA I FELT IT - 8 reports	Info
Friday, June 27, 2025 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 26, 07:32 pm (Los Angeles)	3.4 6.9 km	150 km (93 mi) SW of Diamond Craters	44 km E of Fort Bidwell, California I FELT IT	Info
Thursday, June 26, 2025 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 26, 02:11 am (GMT -7)	3.0 7.7 km	151 km (94 mi) SW of Diamond Craters	44 km E of Fort Bidwell, California I FELT IT	Info

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Volcano List

Aurora-Bodie

(Volcanic field 2365 m / 7759 ft)

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Buffalo Valley

(Volcanic field 1750 m / 5741 ft)

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Clayton Valley

(Pyroclastic cone 1490 m / 4888 ft)

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Crater Flat

(Volcanic field 1128 m / 3701 ft)

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Lunar Crater

(volcanic field 2255 m / 7,398 ft)

The Lunar Crater volcanic field is a zone of vulcanism covering over 300 km2 at the southern end of the Pancake Range in the Great Basin Desert, Nevada. It contains numerous cinder cones and lava flows, fissures, and, most visibly, the 150 m deep Lunar Crater, a 1050 m wid... [more info]

Sheldon-Antelope

(Volcanic field unknown)

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Soda Lakes

(maars 1251 m / 4,104 ft)

Two lake-filled basaltic maars (explosion craters), Soda Lake and Little Soda Lake, lie NW of the town of Fallon, Nevada. [more info]

Steamboat Springs

(lava domes 1415 m / 4,642 ft)

Steamboat Springs is a volcanic field of rhyolitic lava domes located 20 km SSE of Reno, Nevada. It is between 2.5 and 1.1 million years old and consists of lava domes and flows.
There are no recent eruptions, but it is hydrothermally very active, and contains about 50 hot... [more info]

Timber Mountain

(polygenetic volcanic centers 1675 m / 5,495 ft)

The Timer Mountain volcanic field, located approximately 150 kilometers northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, consists mainly of basaltic cinder cones and lava flows. It has been active in 3 major cycles, starting 12 million years ago. The most recent eruptions probably occurred less t... [more info]

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