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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Caliente, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Caliente in the 24 hours to 8:58 am PST (16:58 UTC). The last one was M 4.8, 162 km (101 mi) NNW, at 12:01 am PDT on 27 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Caliente
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 32 km (20 mi) south-southeast of Caliente, NV, at 2:35 am PDT on 26 March 2020 (09:35 UTC), 4.8 km deep.
USGS: 32 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- When
- 2:35 am PDT on 26 March 2020 ()
- Where
- 32 km (20 mi) south-southeast of Caliente, NV · earthquakes near Caliente
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 54 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2422 days ago
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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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Caliente, 32 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.2 on 2016-01-15 — about 13,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 22 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 16 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 26 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 16 km ENE 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 37.3481, -114.3738. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, NV | 54 km (33 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Washington County, UT | 79 km (49 mi) | E | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Iron County, UT | 113 km (70 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Beaver County, UT | 150 km (93 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Beaver County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 Nevada
- 2.0 15 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
- 2.2 14 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
- 1.5 30 km S of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.8 30 km W of Enterprise, Utah
- 1.6 36 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.1 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.9 16 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
- 1.6 Nevada
- 1.6 31 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.5 46 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.6 17 km WNW of Veyo, Utah
- 2.3 29 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.9 33 km W of Enterprise, Utah
- 1.8 36 km NW of Bunkerville, 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
- 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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