Western Nevada site of April 5.7 earthquake gets more aftershocks

A pair of earthquakes struck western Nevada minutes apart early Friday — the latest of hundreds of aftershocks since a 5.7-magnitude temblor that hit the same area and was felt in a sizable stretch of Northern California nearly three weeks earlier, according to information from the U.S. Geological Survey.

The first, a 4.3-magnitude quake at 1:15 a.m., struck 20 kilometers, or about 12 miles, southeast of Silver Springs, Nevada. A stronger 5.2-magnitude quake struck two minutes later, at 1:17 a.m., in nearly the same location southeast of Silver Springs, the USGS reported.

No major damage or injuries were reported.

Earthquake watchers across El Dorado County from South Lake Tahoe to Placerville to Camino and other points along the Highway 50 corridor reported the shakers. The USGS recorded more than 1,700 responses to its Felt Report by 11:30 a.m., Friday.

A handful of residents in Sacramento and Placer counties also said they felt the quakes, with still more reports farther south in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, according to a USGS shake map.

Silver Springs, a remote community in Lyon County, Nevada, about 67 miles southeast of Reno and 183 miles east of Sacramento, has endured several weeks of seismic activity.

The latest lasted 10 to 15 seconds, but the temblors have become “a part of daily life” in the last month, said Pearl Gonzalez, a cashier at the Silver Saver Mini Mart at the junction of Highway 50 and Alternate Highway 95.

The convenience store clerk, said the mini-mart escaped damage in the early morning quake, but said it gave her building a “good shake.”

The earthquakes just after 1 a.m. Friday, came just weeks after the largest temblor, a 5.7-magnitude earthquake, that struck April 13 just before 6:30 p.m., about 12 miles east-southeast of Silver Springs.

In all, approximately 450 shakers have struck the area, including 103 aftershocks at 2.5-magnitude or higher, following the April 13 tremor, according to the USGS.

This story was originally published May 1, 2026 at 1:16 PM with the headline "Western Nevada site of April 5.7 earthquake gets more aftershocks."

Darrell Smith

The Sacramento Bee

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Darrell Smith is a local reporter for The Sacramento Bee. He joined The Bee in 2006 and previously worked at newspapers in Palm Springs, Colorado Springs and Marysville. Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base and lives in Elk Grove.