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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Alamo, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Alamo in the 24 hours to 11:17 am PST (19:17 UTC). The last one was M 3.6, 33 km (21 mi) SSW, at 12:44 am PDT on 30 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Alamo
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 4 km (3 mi) east-northeast of Alamo, NV, at 2:41 pm PDT on 24 September 2017 (21:41 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 4 km ENE of Alamo, Nevada
- When
- 2:41 pm PDT on 24 September 2017 ()
- Where
- 4 km (3 mi) east-northeast of Alamo, NV · earthquakes near Alamo
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 36 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3056 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 Alamo, 4 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: Alamo 4 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 45km NW of Alamo, NV · 48 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 42 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.0 43 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · 43 km SSE 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 37.3786, -115.1188. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, NV | 36 km (23 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Nye County, NV | 135 km (84 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Nye 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.
- 1.8 22 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
- 2.3 22 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
- 2.6 17 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.5 19 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.7 13 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.5 25 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.7 29 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.6 24 km SW of Alamo, Nevada
- 2.5 26 km SW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.6 24 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.5 18 km E of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.6 12 km ENE of Hiko, Nevada
- 1.9 44 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.7 12 km ENE of Hiko, Nevada
- 2.0 12 km E of Hiko, Nevada
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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