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M 3.5mw

Earthquake near Dollar Point, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Dollar Point in the 24 hours to 7:59 am PST (15:59 UTC). The last one was M 1.7, 3 km (2 mi) S, at 4:21 am PST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Dollar Point

This page: a magnitude 3.5 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) north-northwest of Dollar Point, CA, at 12:22 am PDT on 26 July 2018 (07:22 UTC), 3.0 km deep. 523 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 5km NNW of Dollar Point, CA

42 km (26 mi) SSW of Reno, NV · 33 km (20 mi) WNW of Carson, NV

12:22 am PDT, Jul 26, 2018 · · 3.0 km deep · released about 2.4 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 33 kmSierra County 52 kmStorey County 56 kmPlacer County 56 kmDouglas County 57 kmNevada County 57 kmEl Dorado County 62 kmAlpine County 73 kmLyon County 82 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
12:22 am PDT on 26 July 2018 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) north-northwest of Dollar Point, CA · earthquakes near Dollar Point
Magnitude
M 3.5 (mw)
Depth
3.0 km below the surface
Felt
523 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Carson City, 33 km ESE
Nearest mapped fault
West Tahoe-Dollar Point fault, under 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2957 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 62 km (39 mi) from the epicentre. In Dollar Point, 5 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Likely felt in: Tahoe Vista 5 km, intensity III · Sunnyside-Tahoe City 10 km, intensity III · Truckee 12 km, intensity III · Carson City 31 km, intensity II · South Lake Tahoe 35 km, intensity II · Reno 42 km, intensity II · Sparks 46 km, intensity II · Gardnerville Ranchos 50 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2.4 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 70,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 3,100× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,200× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.5 about 2.4 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 5.1× more

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 40 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 35 km N of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 22 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 5.3 11 km N of Soda Springs, California · 33 km NW of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 1 km NNE of Verdi, Nevada · 35 km NNE of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 39.2320, -120.1127. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Carson City, NV 33 km (20 mi) ESE earthquakes near Carson City
Sierra County, CA 52 km (32 mi) NW earthquakes near Sierra County
Storey County, NV 56 km (35 mi) ENE earthquakes near Storey County
Placer County, CA 56 km (35 mi) WSW earthquakes near Placer County
Douglas County, NV 57 km (35 mi) SE earthquakes near Douglas County
Nevada County, CA 57 km (36 mi) W earthquakes near Nevada County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.8 14km N of Kings Beach, CA
  2. 2.6 14km N of Tahoe Vista, CA
  3. 1.6 7 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  4. 2.3 10km NNW of Truckee, CA
  5. 1.5 13 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  6. 2.4 21km NNW of Truckee, CA
  7. 1.6 12 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  8. 2.9 10km SW of Cold Springs, NV
  9. 2.8 17km SSE of Whitehawk, CA
  10. 1.5 6 km NW of Carnelian Bay, California
  11. 1.6 9 km SSW of Cold Springs, Nevada
  12. 1.5 1 km SE of Dayton, Nevada
  13. 1.9 2 km SE of Dayton, Nevada
  14. 2.3 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  15. 1.9 Nevada

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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