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M 1.5md
Earthquake near Truckee, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Truckee in the 24 hours to 1:14 pm PST (21:14 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 49 km (31 mi) S, at 3:00 am PDT on 2 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 532 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Truckee
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) north-northeast of Truckee, CA, at 2:27 pm PST on 11 November 2025 (22:27 UTC), 5.9 km deep.
USGS: 9 km NNE of Truckee, CA
31 km (19 mi) WSW of Reno, NV
- When
- 2:27 pm PST on 11 November 2025 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) north-northeast of Truckee, CA · earthquakes near Truckee
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 5.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Sierra County, 37 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Dog Valley fault, 2 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 362 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Truckee, 9 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Verdi, Tahoe Vista, Kings Beach, Mogul, Incline Village, Dollar Point.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 51,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 32 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 17 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 9 km W of this epicentre
- 5.6 5 km NE of Loyalton, California · 35 km N of this epicentre
- 5.3 11 km N of Soda Springs, California · 21 km W 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 39.4052, -120.1545. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra County, CA | 37 km (23 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Sierra County |
| Carson City, NV | 45 km (28 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Storey County, NV | 54 km (34 mi) | E | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Nevada County, CA | 54 km (34 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Nevada County |
| Placer County, CA | 62 km (39 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Placer County |
| Douglas County, NV | 73 km (45 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Douglas County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 9 km NW of Verdi-Mogul, NV
- 1.7 5 km SSE of Floriston, California
- 2.4 4 km NW of Cold Springs, NV
- 1.8 8 km ESE of Sparks, Nevada
- 1.6 9 km NNE of Truckee, CA
- 1.5 7 km SSE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
- 1.6 7 km ENE of Floriston, California
- 2.0 10 km NNE of Truckee, CA
- 2.2 12 km NNW of Incline Village-Crystal Bay, NV
- 1.6 6 km SSE of Floriston, California
- 2.0 6 km SSE of Floriston, California
- 1.8 8 km NNW of Dollar Point, CA
- 1.7 12 km N of Kings Beach, CA
- 1.7 9 km E of Sparks, Nevada
- 2.3 4 km SW 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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