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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Fallon, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Fallon in the 24 hours to 11:41 pm PST (07:41 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 24 km (15 mi) SW, at 12:51 am PDT on 22 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Fallon

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 46 km (29 mi) south-southeast of Fallon, NV, at 6:51 pm PDT on 10 September 2019 (01:51 UTC), less than 1 km deep.

USGS: 24 km NE of Schurz, Nevada

6:51 pm PDT, Sep 10, 2019 · · 0.0 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lyon County 53 kmChurchill County 57 kmMineral County 65 kmStorey County 90 kmDouglas County 91 kmCarson City 100 kmAlpine County 117 km
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When
6:51 pm PDT on 10 September 2019 ()
Where
46 km (29 mi) south-southeast of Fallon, NV · earthquakes near Fallon
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lyon County, 53 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2619 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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Fallon, 46 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.5 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 33 km N of this epicentre
  2. 6.2 The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 37 km N of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 17 km N of this epicentre
  4. 5.8 48 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 46 km ENE of this epicentre
  5. 5.7 16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada · 37 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 39.0867, -118.5867. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lyon County, NV 53 km (33 mi) W earthquakes near Lyon County
Churchill County, NV 57 km (36 mi) NNE earthquakes near Churchill County
Mineral County, NV 65 km (40 mi) SSE earthquakes near Mineral County
Storey County, NV 90 km (56 mi) WNW earthquakes near Storey County
Douglas County, NV 91 km (56 mi) WSW earthquakes near Douglas County
Carson City, NV 100 km (62 mi) W earthquakes near Carson City

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 22 km E of Schurz, Nevada
  2. 1.5 7 km N of Walker Lake, Nevada
  3. 1.5 20 km NNE of Walker Lake, Nevada
  4. 1.5 16 km N of Walker Lake, Nevada
  5. 2.1 23 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  6. 2.0 23 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  7. 1.5 8 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada
  8. 1.5 30 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  9. 1.9 31 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  10. 1.7 22 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada
  11. 1.8 24 km S of Fallon Station, Nevada
  12. 1.7 52.7 km SSE of Gabbs, NV
  13. 2.8 5 km N of Schurz, Nevada
  14. 1.6 35 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada
  15. 1.6 38 km ENE of Schurz, 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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