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 9,600 quakes on average per year in or near Nevada. However, Nevada has had at least 6 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 20 to 25 years.

How many earthquakes occur every year in or near Nevada?

On average, Nevada has about 140 quakes of magnitude 3 or higher per year (Mag 4+: 16.4 quakes per year, Mag 5+: 3.5 quakes per year).

Volcanoes of or near Nevada (9)

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Latest earthquakes: Nevada

In the past 7 days, Nevada has had 3 quakes of magnitude 3.0 or above and 10 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 57 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel.

A Magnitude 3.2 earthquake occurred in 48 km E of Fort Bidwell, California .

Magnitude 3.2 Earthquake 48 km E of Fort Bidwell, California -

Date and Time	Mag / Depth	Nearest Volcano / Location
Mar 12, 01:15 pm (Universal Time)	2.3 11 km	102 km (63 mi) NE of Long Valley	31 km SE of Mina, Nevada	Info
Mar 12, 05:34 am (Universal Time)	3.2 6.7 km	149 km (93 mi) SW of Diamond Craters	48 km E of Fort Bidwell, California I FELT IT	Info
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 GMT (2 quakes)
Mar 11, 05:09 pm (Universal Time)	3.1 4.5 km	150 km (93 mi) SW of Diamond Craters	48 km E of Fort Bidwell, California I FELT IT	Info
Mar 11, 01:45 am (GMT -7)	3.4 3.5 km	42 km (26 mi) S of Soda Lakes	24 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada I FELT IT	Info
Saturday, March 8, 2025 GMT (2 quakes)
Mar 8, 04:01 am (Universal Time)	2.6 8.3 km	151 km (94 mi) N of Timber Mountain	74 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada I FELT IT	Info
Mar 8, 04:01 am (Universal Time)	2.6 7.9 km	152 km (94 mi) N of Timber Mountain	75 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada 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]