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M 2.9md

Earthquake near Reno, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Reno in the 24 hours to 12:06 pm PST (20:06 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 7 km (4 mi) SW, at 11:07 pm PDT on 10 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 7 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Reno

This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) west of Reno, NV, at 11:41 pm PDT on 29 June 2025 (06:41 UTC), 10 km deep.

USGS: 14 km SW of Loyalton, CA

39 km (25 mi) W of Reno, NV

11:41 pm PDT, Jun 29, 2025 · · 10 km deep · released about 610 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sierra County 18 kmNevada County 50 kmPlumas County 65 kmPlacer County 66 kmCarson City 67 kmStorey County 69 kmEl Dorado County 89 kmYuba County 95 kmDouglas County 95 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
11:41 pm PDT on 29 June 2025 ()
Where
43 km (27 mi) west of Reno, NV · earthquakes near Reno
Magnitude
M 2.9 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sierra County, 18 km W
Nearest mapped fault
Mohawk Valley fault, 7 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 434 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 29 km (18 mi) from the epicentre. In Reno, 43 km away, the estimate is intensity II (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: Truckee 28 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 610 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 25,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 18,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 610 lb of TNT

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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.7 on 2021-05-07 — about 470 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 44 km E of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 20 km E of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 19 km SSE of this epicentre
  4. 5.6 5 km NE of Loyalton, California · 19 km NNE of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 11 km N of Soda Springs, California · 17 km SSW 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 39.5640, -120.3095. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Sierra County, CA 18 km (11 mi) W earthquakes near Sierra County
Nevada County, CA 50 km (31 mi) SW earthquakes near Nevada County
Plumas County, CA 65 km (40 mi) NW earthquakes near Plumas County
Placer County, CA 66 km (41 mi) SSW earthquakes near Placer County
Carson City, NV 67 km (41 mi) SE earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 69 km (43 mi) ESE earthquakes near Storey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 8 km NE of Lake Davis, CA
  2. 2.1 7 km NE of Lake Davis, CA
  3. 2.1 7 km NE of Lake Davis, CA
  4. 2.0 7 km NE of Lake Davis, CA
  5. 2.5 8 km NE of Lake Davis, CA
  6. 1.9 8 km NE of Lake Davis, CA
  7. 2.0 19 km S of Johnsville, CA
  8. 1.6 4 km ENE of Dollar Point, CA
  9. 1.9 12 km SSE of Mogul, Nevada
  10. 1.6 12 km SSE of Mogul, Nevada
  11. 2.2 13 km NE of Lake Davis, CA
  12. 2.4 6 km SW of Cold Springs, NV
  13. 2.4 5 km NW of Johnsville, CA
  14. 2.1 5 km SSW of Cromberg, CA
  15. 2.1 5 km W of Tahoe Vista, CA

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.

On USGS

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