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M 3.8ml
Earthquake near Stagecoach, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Stagecoach in the 24 hours to 12:24 am PST (08:24 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 37 km (23 mi) SE, at 6:36 pm PDT on 4 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Stagecoach
This page: a magnitude 3.8 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) north of Stagecoach, NV, at 3:10 pm PST on 1 December 2020 (23:10 UTC), 13 km deep. 214 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 10 km N of Stagecoach, Nevada
42 km (26 mi) ESE of Reno, NV · 32 km (20 mi) ESE of Sparks, NV
- When
- 3:10 pm PST on 1 December 2020 ()
- Where
- 11 km (7 mi) north of Stagecoach, NV · earthquakes near Stagecoach
- Magnitude
- M 3.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- 214 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Storey County, 14 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Carson lineament, 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 2106 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 82 km (51 mi) from the epicentre. In Stagecoach, 11 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.
Likely felt in: Silver Springs 14 km, intensity III · Fernley 18 km, intensity III · Sparks 33 km, intensity III · Spanish Springs 35 km, intensity III · Reno 39 km, intensity II · Carson City 48 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 22,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.8 about 7.6 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 16× more
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 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 6 km NNE of this epicentre
- 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 33 km S of this epicentre
- 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 37 km W of this epicentre
- 5.5 7 km N of Wadsworth, Nevada · 26 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.4 13 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada · 46 km SSE 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 39.4724, -119.3708. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storey County, NV | 14 km (9 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Carson City, NV | 48 km (30 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Lyon County, NV | 52 km (32 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Douglas County, NV | 66 km (41 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Churchill County, NV | 95 km (59 mi) | E | earthquakes near Churchill County |
| Sierra County, CA | 99 km (62 mi) | W | earthquakes near Sierra County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 16 km E of Fernley, Nevada
- 2.5 10 km NE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.9 4 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.6 18 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.6 9 km E of Carson City, Nevada
- 1.8 14 km WNW of Wadsworth, Nevada
- 1.6 5 km SW of Dayton, Nevada
- 1.8 18 km SW of Fallon Station, Nevada
- 1.9 11 km E of Sparks, Nevada
- 1.8 5 km SSW of Dayton, Nevada
- 1.9 4 km S of Virginia City, Nevada
- 2.0 17 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
- 1.5 10 km ESE of Carson City, Nevada
- 3.3 9 km ESE of Carson City, Nevada
- 2.0 12 km ESE of Fernley, 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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