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M 1.8md
Earthquake near Tahoma, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Tahoma in the 24 hours to 9:25 am PST (17:25 UTC). The last one was M 1.7, 10 km (6 mi) NNE, at 4:21 am PST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Tahoma
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) south-southwest of Tahoma, CA, at 11:36 pm PST on 13 February 2026 (07:36 UTC), 5.0 km deep.
USGS: 22 km SSW of Tahoma, CA
52 km (32 mi) SW of Carson, NV · 112 km (70 mi) ENE of Sacramento, CA
- When
- 11:36 pm PST on 13 February 2026 ()
- Where
- 22 km (14 mi) south-southwest of Tahoma, CA · earthquakes near Tahoma
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- El Dorado County, 27 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- West Tahoe-Dollar Point fault, 14 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 261 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 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Tahoma, 22 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: South Lake Tahoe, Sunnyside-Tahoe City.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 4.2 on 2021-05-28 — about 4,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.1 10 km SE of South Lake Tahoe, California · 30 km E of this epicentre
- 5.1 8 km SSW of Kingvale, California · 44 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.1 8 km ESE of Mesa Vista, California · 49 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.0 12 km S of South Lake Tahoe, California · 24 km ESE 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 38.8908, -120.2470. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Dorado County, CA | 27 km (17 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near El Dorado County |
| Placer County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Placer County |
| Alpine County, CA | 49 km (30 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Alpine County |
| Carson City, NV | 52 km (32 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Douglas County, NV | 55 km (34 mi) | E | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Amador County, CA | 61 km (38 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Amador County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
13 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 3 km S of Dollar Point, CA
- 2.1 9 km SE of Dollar Point, CA
- 1.9 4 km NNE of Dollar Point, CA
- 2.9 10 km WSW of South Lake Tahoe, CA
- 3.3 9 km WSW of South Lake Tahoe, CA
- 1.8 8 km NNW of Dollar Point, CA
- 2.3 4 km SW of Tahoe Vista, CA
- 2.0 4 km WSW of Tahoe Vista, CA
- 2.0 3 km WSW of Tahoe Vista, CA
- 2.2 8 km SSE of South Lake Tahoe, CA
- 2.3 7 km ENE of Markleeville, CA
- 1.6 4 km ENE of Dollar Point, CA
- 2.0 22 km SSW of Tahoma, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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