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M 2.3ml

Earthquake near Pioche, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Pioche in the 24 hours to 9:47 am PST (17:47 UTC). The last one was M 2.4, 6 km (4 mi) SW, at 10:59 am PDT on 24 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Pioche

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Pioche, NV, at 11:23 pm PDT on 30 June 2019 (06:23 UTC), 2.3 km deep.

USGS: 6 km E of Panaca, Nevada

11:23 pm PDT, Jun 30, 2019 · · 2.3 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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When
11:23 pm PDT on 30 June 2019 ()
Where
20 km (12 mi) southeast of Pioche, NV · earthquakes near Pioche
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
2.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lincoln County, 51 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2692 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 20 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Pioche, 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Caliente.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.2 on 2016-01-15 — about 810 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 42 km SSE of this epicentre
  2. 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 44 km SSE of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 44 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 37.7876, -114.3180. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lincoln County, NV 51 km (32 mi) WSW earthquakes near Lincoln County
Iron County, UT 90 km (56 mi) E earthquakes near Iron County
Washington County, UT 94 km (58 mi) SE earthquakes near Washington County
Beaver County, UT 114 km (71 mi) NE earthquakes near Beaver County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 32 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
  2. 1.5 Nevada
  3. 1.9 7 km E of Panaca, Nevada
  4. 2.1 18 km NW of Beryl Junction, Utah
  5. 1.5 7 km E of Panaca, Nevada
  6. 1.5 32 km W of Enterprise, Utah
  7. 2.1 24 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  8. 1.6 21 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  9. 2.3 25 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  10. 1.6 39 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  11. 1.9 24 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
  12. 2.0 21 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
  13. 2.4 22 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
  14. 2.1 20 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
  15. 2.4 20 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah

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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