Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 2.3md
Earthquake near Topaz Ranch Estates, NV
USGS: 20 km E of Markleeville, CA
99 km (61 mi) SSE of Reno, NV · 54 km (34 mi) SSE of Carson, NV
- When
- 6:36 pm PDT on 29 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 8 km (5 mi) SW of Topaz Ranch Estates, NV · earthquakes near Topaz Ranch Estates
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (md)
- Depth
- 2.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Alpine County, 21 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Antelope Valley fault, 2 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2 days ago
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) SW of Topaz Ranch Estates, NV, at 6:36 pm PDT on 29 September 2026 (01:36 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Smith Valley, Smith, Gardnerville Ranchos.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 98 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.8× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 98 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 6.0 on 2021-07-08 — about 310,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.1 4 km S of Carter Springs, Nevada · 16 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.5 California-Nevada border region · 47 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.2 23 km S of Walker, California · 44 km S of this epicentre
- 5.1 10 km SE of South Lake Tahoe, California · 35 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.1 8 km ESE of Mesa Vista, California · 15 km NW 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 38.6877, -119.5683. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine County, CA | 21 km (13 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Alpine County |
| Douglas County, NV | 24 km (15 mi) | N | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Lyon County, NV | 49 km (31 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Carson City, NV | 54 km (34 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 82 km (51 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Storey County, NV | 84 km (52 mi) | N | earthquakes near Storey County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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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