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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Truckee, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Truckee in the last 24 hours. M 1.7, 10 km (6 mi) NNE of Truckee, at 7:32 am PST on 13 November 2026 (15:32 UTC); the estimated shaking in Truckee was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Truckee
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) north-northwest of Truckee, CA, at 11:15 pm PST on 22 February 2021 (07:15 UTC), 6.7 km deep.
USGS: 16 km NNW of Truckee, California
37 km (23 mi) WSW of Reno, NV
- When
- 11:15 pm PST on 22 February 2021 ()
- Where
- 16 km (10 mi) north-northwest of Truckee, CA · earthquakes near Truckee
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Sierra County, 26 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Polaris fault, 8 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 2089 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 Truckee, 16 km away, the estimate is intensity II (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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Verdi.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- 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 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 40 km E of this epicentre
- 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 19 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 7 km S of this epicentre
- 5.6 5 km NE of Loyalton, California · 29 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 11 km N of Soda Springs, California · 12 km WSW 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 39.4570, -120.2681. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra County, CA | 26 km (16 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Sierra County |
| Nevada County, CA | 47 km (29 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Nevada County |
| Carson City, NV | 56 km (35 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Placer County, CA | 59 km (37 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Placer County |
| Storey County, NV | 64 km (40 mi) | E | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Plumas County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Plumas County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.8 0km ESE of Lake Davis, CA
- 3.0 0km NNW of Lake Davis, CA
- 2.4 0km NNW of Lake Davis, CA
- 2.5 0km NW of Lake Davis, CA
- 2.1 0km NE of Lake Davis, CA
- 2.2 1km WNW of Lake Davis, CA
- 2.3 9km SE of Dollar Point, CA
- 2.2 0km WNW of Lake Davis, CA
- 2.8 9km SE of Dollar Point, CA
- 3.4 9km SE of Dollar Point, CA
- 2.4 12km NW of Truckee, CA
- 2.0 1km NW of Lake Davis, CA
- 1.5 15 km SSE of Sierraville, California
- 1.7 8 km SE of Dollar Point, California
- 1.5 16 km SSE of Sierraville, California
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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