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M 1.7md
Earthquake near Dollar Point, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Dollar Point in the 24 hours to 8:00 am PST (16:00 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) south of Dollar Point, CA, at 4:21 am PST on 9 November 2026 (12:21 UTC), 6.6 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 3 km S of Dollar Point, CA
48 km (30 mi) SSW of Reno, NV · 30 km (19 mi) W of Carson, NV
- When
- 4:21 am PST on 9 November 2026 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) south of Dollar Point, CA · earthquakes near Dollar Point
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 6.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Carson City, 30 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- West Tahoe-Dollar Point fault, under 1 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 3 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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Dollar Point, 3 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: Sunnyside-Tahoe City 5 km, intensity II · Tahoe Vista 10 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 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 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 23,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 46 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 44 km N of this epicentre
- 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 30 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.3 11 km N of Soda Springs, California · 40 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.3 1 km NNE of Verdi, Nevada · 43 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 39.1575, -120.0982. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson City, NV | 30 km (19 mi) | E | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Douglas County, NV | 51 km (32 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Placer County, CA | 55 km (34 mi) | W | earthquakes near Placer County |
| El Dorado County, CA | 56 km (35 mi) | SW | earthquakes near El Dorado County |
| Storey County, NV | 58 km (36 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Sierra County, CA | 59 km (37 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Sierra County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further earthquakes have 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.
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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