{"id":266999,"date":"2026-04-14T08:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266999\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T08:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:13:31","slug":"update-5-5-magnitude-earthquake-hits-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266999\/","title":{"rendered":"Update | 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits Nevada"},"content":{"rendered":"

SILVER SPRINGS, Nevada \u2014 A preliminary magnitude 5.7 earthquake\u00a0<\/a>struck Silver Springs, Nevada on Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck just before 6:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

People reported feeling shaking from Nevada to Sacramento. There are no immediate reports of damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A Safeway and a Walgreens in Fallon, Nevada, a city about 30 miles from the epicenter, told ABC10 items fell off shelves during the earthquake.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ShakeAlert, which sends out mobile alerts once an earthquake’s waves are detected, warned people in Eastern California of the impending shaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It took about 16 seconds to detect the earthquake, which for earthquake early warning, it’s a pretty long time,” said Dr. Angie Lux, a project scientist with Early Earthquake Warning at the Berkeley Seismology Lab. \u00a0“But, it’s just because we don’t have as many stations in that area.”<\/p>\n

Lux says the Berkeley Seismology Lab is excited about exploring a potential buildout of the alert system in Nevada. ShakeAlert is currently operating in California, Oregon and Washington state.<\/p>\n

An earthquake in Silver Springs, Nevada isn\u2019t entirely unexpected for the area, according to Lux.\u00a0<\/p>\n

More than 40 aftershocks have been detected since the earthquake Monday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey\u00a0online earthquake map<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We would expect to see aftershocks for a while afterwards,” said Lux. “But as far as the exact number, it can vary between earthquake sequence.”<\/p>\n

The amount of aftershocks an earthquake can produce is reliant on the magnitude of the quake.<\/p>\n

“If we have a very large earthquake, we can see that impacting other earthquakes, other faults nearby and potentially even triggering earthquakes,” said Lux. “But in this case, I would not expect to see something triggering an earthquake in California.”<\/p>\n

A map of where the earthquake was likely felt can be found HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n

You can download and learn more about the MyShake app HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ALL ABOUT EARTHQUAKE PREP:<\/p>\n

WATCH MORE: \u00a0Earthquakes come without warning and if you aren\u2019t prepared by the time the big one hits, you will be too late. The 2019 earthquake near Ridgecrest, California shined a spotlight on the need to be prepared with a disaster kit and a plan. A little work now could help you survive the next quake<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SILVER SPRINGS, Nevada \u2014 A preliminary magnitude 5.7 earthquake\u00a0struck Silver Springs, Nevada on Monday, according to the U.S.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-266999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266999","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=266999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}