22 km NNW of Dyer, Nevada

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

1. 6.4 The 1986 Chalfant Valley, California Earthquake · 41 km SW of this epicentre Jul 21, 1986
2. 6.1 Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada · 23 km NE of this epicentre Nov 21, 1910
3. 5.9 18 km NNE of Mesa, California · 38 km SW of this epicentre Jul 20, 1986
4. 5.8 10 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 45 km SSW of this epicentre Jul 31, 1986
5. 5.7 11 km NE of Mesa, California · 46 km SSW of this epicentre Jul 21, 1986

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 37.8463, -118.1831. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 1.8 32 km SE of Mina, Nevada 02:25 UTC
2. 1.7 20 km SW of Silver Peak, Nevada 06:11 UTC
3. 2.0 32 km SSW of Mina, Nevada 01:49 UTC
4. 2.3 41km S of Qualeys Camp, NV 06:36 UTC
5. 2.4 8km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA 21:24 UTC
6. 1.6 14 km N of Benton, California 02:28 UTC
7. 1.6 16km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA 05:46 UTC
8. 1.7 31km NNW of Deep Springs, CA 12:38 UTC
9. 2.0 37km E of Lee Vining, CA 13:07 UTC
10. 2.8 24 km ENE of Benton, California 04:55 UTC
11. 1.7 32 km SE of Mina, Nevada 22:18 UTC
12. 1.5 19 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada 07:30 UTC
13. 1.7 39km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV 22:42 UTC
14. 1.7 25km ENE of Toms Place, CA 05:15 UTC
15. 1.6 8km E of Toms Place, CA 13:24 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 04:29 UTC. 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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