The 6.5-magnitude earthquake that struck near Tonopah, Nevada, and cracked I-95, a major artery between Las Vegas and Reno, could've been much worse.

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit Nevada around midnight local time, according to the United States Geological Survey.. The earthquake hit about 30 miles east of Austin, Nevada and about 175 miles ...

This is a breaking news story and will be updated. An earthquake jolted western Nevada on Monday afternoon, with the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at UNR reporting a magnitude estimate of 5.8 ...

An earthquake with a revised magnitude of 6.5 hit a remote area of Nevada on Friday morning, about 225 miles northwest of Las Vegas and near the California border, the US Geological Survey says.

On Oct. 11, the Nevada Seismological Lab recorded a 1.6-magnitude earthquake about 11 miles southwest of Henderson and a 0.9-magnitude earthquake 13 miles northwest of Las Vegas three days later.

Earthquake swarms are common in Nevada, but this particular swarm is one of the largest in recent years. While the quakes have been small, seismologists say that it's still important to be ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Any day, anytime, anywhere in Nevada, there could be an earthquake. There are usually dozens every day though most are too small to feel. To better understand when a big ...

People were "violently thrown out of bed and buffeted in all directions," according to an account by L. Roylance, who described Nevada's largest recorded earthquake. The event, centered in Pleasant ...

Nevada's Area 51 was recently hit by a 2.8 magnitude earthquake in February. The USGS said the quake struck 32 miles southeast of Beatty that sits about 60 miles from the mysterious military facility.

Nevada is the nation’s third-most earthquake active state, behind Alaska and California, the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology reports.