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Earthquake near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek in the last 24 hours. M 1.9, 10 km (6 mi) WNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, at 8:40 am PST on 13 November 2026 (16:40 UTC); the estimated shaking in Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 49 km (30 mi) north-northeast of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA, at 9:31 pm PDT on 17 October 2018 (04:31 UTC), 2.9 km deep.

USGS: 14 km NNW of Dyer, Nevada

9:31 pm PDT, Oct 17, 2018 · · 2.9 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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When
9:31 pm PDT on 17 October 2018 ()
Where
49 km (30 mi) north-northeast of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · earthquakes near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
2.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Esmeralda County, 46 km E
Nearest mapped fault
Fish Lake Valley 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 2948 days ago

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 Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, 49 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.

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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. 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 23 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 The 1986 Chalfant Valley, California Earthquake · 37 km SW of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada · 28 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 18 km NNE of Mesa, California · 34 km SW of this epicentre
  4. 5.8 10 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 39 km SSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.7 11 km NE of Mesa, California · 41 km SW 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 37.7758, -118.1568. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Esmeralda County, NV 46 km (29 mi) E earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Mono County, CA 65 km (40 mi) WNW earthquakes near Mono County
Mineral County, NV 85 km (53 mi) NNW earthquakes near Mineral County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

34 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.6 30 km S of Mina, Nevada
  2. 1.5 22 km N of Dyer, Nevada
  3. 1.9 24 km N of Dyer, Nevada
  4. 1.6 30km NNW of Deep Springs, CA
  5. 2.5 34 km S of Mina, Nevada
  6. 1.5 30 km S of Mina, Nevada
  7. 1.5 31 km S of Mina, Nevada
  8. 1.6 19 km NE of Dyer, Nevada
  9. 1.5 38 km SSE of Mina, Nevada
  10. 2.6 38km S of Qualeys Camp, NV
  11. 1.6 10 km NNW of Benton, California
  12. 1.5 26 km NNW of Benton, California
  13. 2.5 40km N of Toms Place, CA
  14. 1.9 16 km SW of Silver Peak, Nevada
  15. 3.1 15km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA

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

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