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M 3.1ml
Earthquake near Reno, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Reno in the 24 hours to 11:03 am PST (19:03 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 3.1 earthquake was recorded 20 km (12 mi) southwest of Reno, NV, at 12:32 am PDT on 6 June 2018 (07:32 UTC), 7.5 km deep. 41 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 4 km ENE of Floriston, California
19 km (12 mi) SW of Reno, NV
- When
- 12:32 am PDT on 6 June 2018 ()
- Where
- 20 km (12 mi) southwest of Reno, NV · earthquakes near Reno
- Magnitude
- M 3.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 41 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Carson City, 34 km SE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Mount Rose fault, 10 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 2998 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 41 km (25 mi) from the epicentre. In Reno, 20 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 19 km, intensity II · Reno 20 km, intensity II · Truckee 20 km, intensity II · Sparks 24 km, intensity II · Cold Springs 31 km, intensity II · Carson City 32 km, intensity II · Sunnyside-Tahoe City 32 km, intensity II · Spanish Springs 36 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,300 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 250,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 11,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,900× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,300 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.4× more
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 · 18 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 19 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 24 km W of this epicentre
- 5.6 5 km NE of Loyalton, California · 40 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.3 11 km N of Soda Springs, California · 37 km W 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 39.4044, -119.9753. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson City, NV | 34 km (21 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Storey County, NV | 39 km (24 mi) | E | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Sierra County, CA | 51 km (31 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Sierra County |
| Douglas County, NV | 64 km (40 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Nevada County, CA | 69 km (43 mi) | W | earthquakes near Nevada County |
| Placer County, CA | 75 km (46 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Placer County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 2 km WNW of Sattley, California
- 1.9 2 km SE of Dayton, Nevada
- 2.3 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
- 1.9 Nevada
- 1.7 3 km NNE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
- 2.1 6 km SE of Carson City, Nevada
- 1.8 9 km NW of Loyalton, California
- 2.4 17km WSW of Truckee, CA
- 1.6 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
- 3.2 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
- 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
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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