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M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Reno, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Reno in the 24 hours to 7:39 am PST (15:39 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 7 km (4 mi) SW, at 11:07 pm PDT on 10 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 7 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Reno
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 25 km (16 mi) south-southwest of Reno, NV, at 4:36 am PDT on 8 April 2018 (11:36 UTC), 9.4 km deep. 10 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 8 km SE of Floriston, California
26 km (16 mi) SSW of Reno, NV
- When
- 4:36 am PDT on 8 April 2018 ()
- Where
- 25 km (16 mi) south-southwest of Reno, NV · earthquakes near Reno
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 10 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Carson City, 27 km SE
- Nearest mapped fault
- North Tahoe fault, 4 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 3025 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Reno, 25 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: Tahoe Vista 13 km, intensity II · Truckee 19 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 23 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 26 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 27 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.6 5 km NE of Loyalton, California · 48 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.3 11 km N of Soda Springs, California · 40 km WNW 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 39.3322, -119.9574. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson City, NV | 27 km (17 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Storey County, NV | 39 km (24 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Sierra County, CA | 56 km (35 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Sierra County |
| Douglas County, NV | 56 km (35 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Nevada County, CA | 70 km (44 mi) | W | earthquakes near Nevada County |
| Placer County, CA | 72 km (45 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Placer County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 6 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
- 3.6 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
- 1.6 3 km SSE of Soda Springs, California
- 1.5 4 km SSE of Soda Springs, California
- 1.8 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
- 1.6 5 km SE of Carson City, Nevada
- 3.2 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
- 1.5 6 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
- 2.2 9 km NNE of Glenbrook, Nevada
- 1.7 10 km E of Sparks, Nevada
- 3.0 4km WSW of Tahoe Vista, CA
- 1.7 11 km SSW of Kingvale, California
- 1.6 0 km WNW of Carnelian Bay, California
- 1.6 13 km SE of Sparks, Nevada
- 2.1 0 km WNW of Skyland, 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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