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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Carson City, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Carson City in the 24 hours to 11:23 am PST (19:23 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 1.6 earthquake was recorded 18 km (11 mi) west-southwest of Carson City, NV, at 9:25 pm PDT on 6 July 2019 (04:25 UTC), 9.0 km deep.

USGS: 1 km SW of Glenbrook, Nevada

53 km (33 mi) S of Reno, NV · 19 km (12 mi) WSW of Carson, NV

9:25 pm PDT, Jul 6, 2019 · · 9.0 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 19 kmDouglas County 35 kmAlpine County 53 kmStorey County 54 kmEl Dorado County 60 kmLyon County 65 kmPlacer County 67 kmSierra County 74 kmNevada County 75 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
9:25 pm PDT on 6 July 2019 ()
Where
18 km (11 mi) west-southwest of Carson City, NV · earthquakes near Carson City
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
9.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Carson City, 19 km ENE
Nearest mapped fault
North Tahoe fault, 9 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 2687 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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Carson City, 18 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: Kingsbury, Indian Hills, Tahoma, South Lake Tahoe, Dollar Point, Kings Beach.

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 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.1 4 km S of Carter Springs, Nevada · 39 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 48 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 44 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 10 km SE of South Lake Tahoe, California · 24 km S of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 12 km SSE of Reno, Nevada · 40 km NNE 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 39.0799, -119.9479. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Carson City, NV 19 km (12 mi) ENE earthquakes near Carson City
Douglas County, NV 35 km (22 mi) ESE earthquakes near Douglas County
Alpine County, CA 53 km (33 mi) SSE earthquakes near Alpine County
Storey County, NV 54 km (34 mi) NE earthquakes near Storey County
El Dorado County, CA 60 km (38 mi) WSW earthquakes near El Dorado County
Lyon County, NV 65 km (40 mi) E earthquakes near Lyon County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.8 25km W of Sunnyside-Tahoe City, CA
  2. 1.6 Nevada
  3. 1.6 5 km SE of Carson City, Nevada
  4. 2.0 11km NNE of Tahoe Vista, CA
  5. 2.1 4 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  6. 1.6 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  7. 1.5 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  8. 2.2 4 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  9. 1.5 6 km NNW of Incline Village, Nevada
  10. 1.6 4 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  11. 1.9 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  12. 2.1 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  13. 1.5 4 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  14. 3.2 4 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  15. 2.0 6 km ENE 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

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