{"id":266652,"date":"2026-04-14T03:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266652\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T03:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:31:11","slug":"magnitude-5-5-earthquake-rattles-parts-of-nevada-and-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266652\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnitude 5.5 earthquake rattles parts of Nevada and California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"sub-text\">RUMBLING QUAKE \ud83e\udee8: At-home camera footage captured the intense moment a magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook a residence in Felton, California, today.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Residents in western <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nevada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nevada<\/a> and parts of <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">California<\/a> were rattled by a magnitude 5.5 <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/earthquakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">earthquake<\/a>\u00a0on Monday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The\u00a0<a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">U.S. Geological Survey<\/a>\u00a0(USGS) reported that the earthquake struck about 12 miles southeast of <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/nevada\/silver-springs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Silver Springs, NV<\/a> at 6:29 p.m. PST.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/silver-springs-nv-earthquake-locator.png\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">A 5.5 magnitude earthquake was reported in Silver Springs, Nevada, on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (FOX Weather\u00a0 \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The earthquake, which had a depth of over 6.2 miles, triggered a\u00a0<a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shakealert.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ShakeAlert<\/a>\u00a0warning throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Residents and officials in California and Nevada took to social media to announce they had felt the tremors.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to the USGS, the initial earthquake was strong and had an estimated intensity of VI on the Mercalli intensity scale, meaning that the shakes were felt by all residents, many frightened.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-to-do-during-after-earthquake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WHAT TO DO DURING AND AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The earthquake was also strong enough to move some heavy furniture, and there may be reports of fallen plaster, with minor damage possible.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nv.png\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">After the initial quake, over 15 smaller aftershocks occurred in a similar area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (FOX Weather\u00a0 \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Following the initial quake, more than 15 smaller aftershocks occurred in the same area. The USGS reported aftershocks of magnitudes ranging from 2.5 to 3.6.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">So far, no immediate reports of damage or injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Stay with FOX Weather for the latest updates on this developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RUMBLING QUAKE \ud83e\udee8: At-home camera footage captured the intense moment a magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook a residence in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,90862,3934,3482,90863,1181],"class_list":{"0":"post-266652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-earth-space","12":"tag-earthquakes","13":"tag-nevada","14":"tag-stay22","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}