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.
+DateLocationMagnitudeFatalitiesNotesArticleRefTruckee6.0 Minor damage to a courthouse in Nevada City.Reno6.5 Rockslides were reported between Pyramid Lake and Carson City.May 30, 1868Virginia City6.0 Plaster was knocked off almost every brick building in Virginia City. Hot water at Steamboat Springs turned into mud.December 27, 1869Virginia City6.4 Severe damage to masonry walls of buildings in Virginia City and Washoe City. Damage also reported in Spring Gulch and Mokelumne Hill.December 27, 1869Carson City6.2 Damage in Carson City, Dayton, Genoa, Steamboat and Virginia City.March 23, 1872Augusta Mountains5.5 Plasters fell off a courthouse in Austin.March 26, 1872Owens Valley7.8–7.9 271872 Owens Valley earthquakeDecember 11, 1872Big Smokey Valley6.0 June 3, 1887Carson City6.5 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.February 18, 1914 Reno6.0 Large cracks to structures in Reno. Some fires broke out. Foreshock of the April earthquake.1914 Reno earthquakesApril 24, 1914Reno6.4 Several people fainted. Major damage.1914 Reno earthquakesOctober 2, 1915Tobin Range6.8 7.6 Limited damage.1915 Pleasant Valley earthquakeDecember 21, 1932Cedar Mountain6.8 7.2 MLimited damage.1932 Cedar Mountain earthquakeJune 25, 1933Buckskin Range6.1 January 30, 1934Excelsior Mountains6.5 March 12, 1934Great Salt Lake6.6 21934 Hansel Valley earthquakeJuly 6, 1954Fallon6.8 Several sailors injured at a nearby Naval Auxiliary Air Station.1954 Fallon earthquakeJuly 6, 1954Fallon6.2 Aftershock.August 24, 1954Stillwater6.6 Earthquake sequence. This earthquake damaged nearby dams, irrigation facilities, roads and buildings.1954 Stillwater earthquakeDecember 16, 1954Fairview Peak7.3 Largest mainshock. Produced large surface ruptures. Triggered numerous landslides, rockfall and mudflows. Damage to towns was limited to cracks and chimneys toppling.1954 Fairview earthquakeDecember 16, 1954Dixie Valley6.9 Large surface ruptures produced. Limited damage. Aftershock of the 7.3 quake.March 23, 1959Dixie Valley6.0 Aftershock.June 29, 1992Nevada Test Site5.4 Department of Energy buildings at the Nevada Test Site sustained considerable damage.September 2, 1992St. George5.9 A large landslide destroyed three homes and partially buried State Route 9.1992 St. George earthquakeFebruary 21, 2008Wells5.9–6.0 Three injured and at least 20 buildings seriously damaged. An additional 700 buildings had minor damage.2008 Wells earthquakeApril 26, 2008Reno5.1 Minor damage in Reno.2008 Reno earthquakesJuly 4, 2019Ridgecrest6.4 1Twenty people injured and many houses damaged. One person killed in Pahrump when he was pinned under a jeep he was working on. Foreshock to the 7.1 quake the next day.July 5, 2019Ridgecrest7.1 Five people injured and 3,000 left without power. Gas leaks and fires broke out in Ridgecrest and Trona.2019 Ridgecrest earthquakesMonte Cristo Range6.5 US 95 suffered some damage.2020 Monte Cristo Range earthquake
See also List of earthquakes in Utah List of earthquakes in California List of earthquakes in the United States
References
Further reading Eric Eckert, Michelle Scalise, John N. Louie, Kenneth D. Smith; Exploring Basin Amplification within the Reno Metropolitan Area in Northern Nevada Using a Magnitude 6.3 ShakeOut Scenario. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 2021; doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120200309