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M 2.0ml

Earthquake near Pioche, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Pioche in the 24 hours to 2:57 pm PST (22:57 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 2.0 earthquake was recorded 50 km (31 mi) west-southwest of Pioche, NV, at 11:09 pm PST on 14 November 2019 (07:09 UTC), 4.8 km deep.

USGS: 33 km NE of Hiko, Nevada

11:09 pm PST, Nov 14, 2019 · · 4.8 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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When
11:09 pm PST on 14 November 2019 ()
Where
50 km (31 mi) west-southwest of Pioche, NV · earthquakes near Pioche
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
4.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lincoln County, 26 km SSE
Nearest mapped fault
West Dry Lake fault, 17 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 2555 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 Pioche, 50 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 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.0 48 km W of Pioche, Nevada · 18 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 37.8406, -115.0051. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lincoln County, NV 26 km (16 mi) SSE earthquakes near Lincoln County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 46 km N of Hiko, Nevada
  2. 3.5 51 km N of Hiko, Nevada
  3. 3.1 Nevada
  4. 1.5 30 km N of Hiko, Nevada
  5. 1.9 15 km SE of Hiko, Nevada
  6. 1.7 7 km NE of Alamo, Nevada
  7. 1.9 12 km ENE of Hiko, Nevada
  8. 2.2 15 km SW of Hiko, Nevada
  9. 1.6 19 km ENE of Hiko, Nevada
  10. 2.5 10 km SW of Hiko, Nevada
  11. 1.9 10 km N of Hiko, Nevada
  12. 1.9 43 km N of Hiko, Nevada
  13. 2.5 15 km NE of Alamo, Nevada
  14. 1.5 63 km S of Lund, Nevada
  15. 1.6 14 km NE of Alamo, 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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