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M 2.2ml

Earthquake near Carson City, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Carson City in the 24 hours to 4:40 am PST (12:40 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 9 km (6 mi) SSE, at 9:41 am PST on 2 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Carson City

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 12 km (7 mi) west of Carson City, NV, at 11:15 am PST on 25 November 2018 (19:15 UTC), 11 km deep.

USGS: 9 km NNE of Glenbrook, Nevada

14 km (8 mi) W of Carson, NV · 43 km (27 mi) S of Reno, NV

11:15 am PST, Nov 25, 2018 · · 11 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 14 kmDouglas County 39 kmStorey County 44 kmAlpine County 61 kmLyon County 63 kmEl Dorado County 69 kmSierra County 70 kmPlacer County 72 kmNevada County 76 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
11:15 am PST on 25 November 2018 ()
Where
12 km (7 mi) west of Carson City, NV · earthquakes near Carson City
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Carson City, 14 km E
Nearest mapped fault
Little 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 2910 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 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Carson City, 12 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: Carson City 12 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.1 4 km S of Carter Springs, Nevada · 44 km SSE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 38 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 45 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 40 km NW of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 1 km NNE of Verdi, Nevada · 41 km N 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 39.1664, -119.9032. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Carson City, NV 14 km (8 mi) E earthquakes near Carson City
Douglas County, NV 39 km (24 mi) SE earthquakes near Douglas County
Storey County, NV 44 km (28 mi) NE earthquakes near Storey County
Alpine County, CA 61 km (38 mi) S earthquakes near Alpine County
Lyon County, NV 63 km (39 mi) ESE earthquakes near Lyon County
El Dorado County, CA 69 km (43 mi) SW earthquakes near El Dorado County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 16 km SE of Sierraville, California
  2. 2.1 19km W of Truckee, CA
  3. 1.5 9 km NW of Carson City, Nevada
  4. 1.5 5 km NW of Carnelian Bay, California
  5. 2.5 8km WNW of Tahoe Vista, CA
  6. 2.1 5 km NW of Carnelian Bay, California
  7. 1.5 7 km E of Carson City, Nevada
  8. 1.5 11 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  9. 1.5 14 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  10. 1.6 1 km SW of Glenbrook, Nevada
  11. 1.7 5 km S of Floriston, California
  12. 1.7 0 km NNE of Sun Valley, Nevada
  13. 1.6 0 km N of Sun Valley, Nevada
  14. 1.7 0 km NNE of Sun Valley, Nevada
  15. 1.5 0 km NNE of Sun Valley, 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.

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