Nevada Seismological Laboratory

What does the magnitude 8.8 Russian earthquake look like on seismic stations here in Nevada? Here is a plot showing seismograms from several NV stations. The ground shook in Nevada for over 2 hours after the first P-waves arrived. More info on our Insta: tinyurl.com/jujbkvna

This massive earthquake, now reported at 8.8 has prompted a tsunami warning in Hawaii and western Alaska and tsunami watch or advisory along the west cost of the US and most of the Alaska coast. “Warning” means move inland! “Watch” means stay out of water and away from beaches.

We recently revamped our fire camera live streaming website, ALERTWildfire.org!
Check out the improved website and for a quick tour on how to use the features, check out this post on our Instagram at tinyurl.com/mweh2vjk

Earthquake Roundup for June 18 - July 15, 2025. The largest quake we located was Mw 4.6 but that was in California, the largest NV quake was a Mw 3.4 near Silver Peak. This week's Roundup Video is about those two earthquakes: tinyurl.com/np8rkbbb

🇺🇸 Have a safe and happy Fourth Of July! 🇺🇸

The #ConnorFire can currently be seen on the cameras at Minden, Bald Mt, Hawkins Peak, and Ridge Tahoe on the ALERT Wildfire website. Please listen to and obey instructions from emergency responders, monitor evacuation orders, and stay safe everyone. tinyurl.com/38fc4f8s

Weekly Earthquake Roundup for June 5 - June 10, 2025. We located 71 earthquakes and the largest was a magnitude 4.0 near Caliente NV. Whats the difference between a Richter magnitude and a Moment magnitude? Find out in this week's Roundup Video: tinyurl.com/ps8c2jcu

Weekly Earthquake Roundup for May 28 - June 4, 2025. We located 117 earthquakes, all small magnitude. The largest was a magnitude 2.25. Why do we locate so many small earthquakes in southern Nevada? Find out in this week's Roundup Video: tinyurl.com/ypnubr8s

Weekly Earthquake Roundup for May 21 - May 27, 2025. So far, we've reviewed 42 earthquakes. The week's largest event was a magnitude 3.58 in the Mesquite sequence. What does it mean when an earthquake is “reviewed?” Find out in this weeks Roundup Video: tinyurl.com/4vdj73zr

Weekly Earthquake Roundup for May 14 - May 20, 2025. We located 51 earthquakes with a few in north-central Nevada including a magnitude 4.07. Northern Nevada has many mines, so can we tell the difference between mine blasts and earthquakes? Find out in this week's video: tinyurl.com/y5wcwyt5

Weekly Earthquake Roundup for May 7 - May 13, 2025. We have located 61 earthquakes and the largest was a shallow, magnitude 3.0 in SE Nevada. What are typical earthquake depths in Nevada? Find out in this week's Roundup video:
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Congratulations to NSL’s Dr. Kyren Bogolub on receiving the 2025 Nevada Geosciences Catalyst Award! Kyren’s hard work across multiple areas of the NSL has been instrumental to the lab’s success. Congratulations!

Congratulations to NSL Assistant Professor Daniel Trugman on receiving the 2025 Nevada Geosciences Research Mentorship Award!
Daniel’s dedication to guiding the next generation of scientists continues to inspire us all.

Weekly Earthquake Roundup for Apr 30 - May 6, 2025. This week we've located 66 earthquakes and the largest was a magnitude 2.94, another Monte Cristo aftershock. This week we're talking about seismic hazard in Reno/Carson City in our Roundup Video: tinyurl.com/3wa245zm

Just finished installing a new fire camera on Peavine Peak. Watch our field tech Zach lower off the tower, dressing the CAT6 cable. CAT6 provides the power to and the data transmission from the camera. Watch the live feed, currently has a Rx burn, on the ALERTWildfire website: tinyurl.com/dn6nnsc5

We’re at @nevadamuseum today for the Sciventure Science Fair! If you’re around Reno today, stop by between 2-4pm to see our seismometer display.

Map of Nevada showing earthquake locations for the week of Apr 23 - Apr 29, 2025. We located 53 earthquakes and the largest was a magnitude 2.91 near Yerington.

Weekly Earthquake Roundup for Apr 23 - Apr 29, 2025. We located 53 earthquakes and the largest was a magnitude 2.91 near Yerington. This week was pretty quiet, so we’ll tell you a bit more about how we locate earthquakes in this weeks video:
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We’re having a great time in Carson City supporting @unevadareno at the #PackAtNVLeg. If you’re here at State Legislature, come visit our table in room 3100.

Melt focusing along lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary below Axial volcano - Nature 3D seismic reflection images of the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary beneath Axial volcano show a magma assimilation front that focuses magmatism towards the centre of the volcano, controlling both ...

Congratulations to Graham Kent of the NSL on his Nature article published this week! This study uses seismic waves to image the boundary between the lithosphere + asthenosphere in 3D to study the mechanisms that control volcanic eruptions. Read more here: tinyurl.com/58ddxfr8

Earthquake Roundup (for the past two weeks!) from Apr 9 - Apr 22, 2025. We located 152 earthquakes and the largest was a magnitude 2.95 in the Inyo Mountain Range. In this week's video we look at the Mina Deflection. Watch here: tinyurl.com/3w326ppw

Busy few weeks at the NSL. We've been presenting our work at conferences including @geosociety.bsky.social Cordilleran Meeting, UNR's first annual Nevada Geoscience Symposium, and the @seismosocam.bsky.social Annual Meeting. Great to share and learn, more pics on our insta: tinyurl.com/6aax98yy

Nevada Geosciences Research Symposium | University of Nevada, Reno | Nevada Seismological Laboratory NSL graduate students are presenting at the first ever Nevada Geoscience Research Symposium in the Davidson Math and Science Center. Detailed schedule can be found on the UNR website: https://lnkd.in/...

NSL graduate students are presenting TODAY (Friday) at the first ever Nevada Geoscience Research Symposium. More information on the students' work as well as details on how to attend in person or online are posted to our LinkedIn: tinyurl.com/5n88p224

Map showing the state of Nevada with earthquakes that occurred from Apr 2 - Apr 8, 2025. This week we located 130 earthquakes and the largest was a magnitude 3.5 near Battle Mountain.

Weekly Earthquake Roundup for Apr 2 - Apr 8, 2025. This week we located 130 earthquakes and the largest was a magnitude 3.5. In this week's Roundup video we’re looking at a sequence near Fernley which is showing evidence of normal faulting. Watch here: tinyurl.com/msztzked

Map of Nevada showing the seismicity from Mar 26 - Apr 2, 2025. There are 107 earthquakes located this week and the largest was a magnitude 4.05 just north of Battle Mountain.

Weekly Earthquake Roundup Day! We have 107 earthquakes located this week and the largest was a magnitude 4.05 just north of Battle Mountain. This week we had five events that were greater than magnitude 3.5. Learn about them in this week Roundup video: tinyurl.com/4bwcu38a

On March 28th a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Burma (Myanmar). Events this large can be detected by seismometers all over the world, including the NSL stations here in Nevada. These seismograms from a few NSL stations show earthquake waves in NV. More info: tinyurl.com/2p866ph2

Map showing seismicity in Nevada for the week of Mar 19 - Mar 25, 2025. We located 83 earthquakes and the largest was a magnitude 3.32 in Arizona.

Weekly Earthquake Roundup for Mar 19 - Mar 25, 2025. We located 83 earthquakes and the largest was a magnitude 3.32 in Arizona. Ground shaking doesn't stop at state borders so we’re watching this little AZ sequence. Learn more in this weeks Roundup video: tinyurl.com/2mpvhkd4

The "Magnitude 5.74" on the seismogram plot is not an earthquake magnitude. It's a 5.74 on our custom made scale of "Hockey Game Magnitude," which would be less than a ZERO on an earthquake magnitude scale.

Computer screen showing seismograms.

Group photo of NSL staff and Washoe County Leadership Academy at the ice rink.

Seismogram showing crow noise after goal 7.

NSL staff memeber excited about Ice Raider goal!

It was such a delight to watch the Reno Ice Raiders with the Washoe County Leadership Academy for the Shake Washoe earthquake awareness night! We had a seismometer to measure the motion from crowd, you can see the seismogram from Goal 7 here. Raiders fans have the strongest vibes!

Map of Nevada showing seismicity from Mar 12 to Mar 18, 2025. We located 60 earthquakes this week and the largest was a magnitude 3.25 near Sheldon.

Earthquake Roundup Day! This week we've located 60 earthquakes from Mar 12 to Mar 18 and the largest was a magnitude 3.25 near Sheldon. In this weeks Roundup video, we talk about how this swarm might be related to a hydrothermal system. Watch here: tinyurl.com/mr2xnd9m

Happy to share newly published work by recent @nvseismolab.bsky.social alum Avi Chatterjee developing machine learning workflows to characterize small earthquakes and the associated crustal stress field in southern Nevada: doi.org/10.1785/0220...