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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Stagecoach, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Stagecoach in the 24 hours to 3:19 am PST (11:19 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 1.5 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) north-northwest of Stagecoach, NV, at 3:00 pm PDT on 15 August 2022 (22:00 UTC), 8.9 km deep.
USGS: 10 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
39 km (24 mi) ESE of Reno, NV · 29 km (18 mi) ESE of Sparks, NV
- When
- 3:00 pm PDT on 15 August 2022 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) north-northwest of Stagecoach, NV · earthquakes near Stagecoach
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Storey County, 10 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Carson lineament, 10 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 1550 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 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Stagecoach, 10 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: Silver Springs, Fernley, Dayton.
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 4.5 on 2020-03-21 — about 32,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 8 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 33 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 34 km W of this epicentre
- 5.5 7 km N of Wadsworth, Nevada · 28 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.4 13 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada · 47 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 39.4631, -119.4113. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storey County, NV | 10 km (6 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Carson City, NV | 45 km (28 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Lyon County, NV | 52 km (33 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Douglas County, NV | 64 km (40 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Sierra County, CA | 96 km (60 mi) | W | earthquakes near Sierra County |
| Churchill County, NV | 99 km (61 mi) | E | earthquakes near Churchill 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.
- 1.9 13 km NNE of Virginia City, Nevada
- 1.8 Nevada
- 1.5 Nevada
- 1.5 10 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
- 1.6 16 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada
- 1.9 10 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
- 2.5 Nevada
- 1.6 19 km WSW of Fallon, Nevada
- 2.1 8 km S of Dayton, Nevada
- 2.0 7 km S of Dayton, Nevada
- 1.5 8 km SSW of Dayton, Nevada
- 1.5 Nevada
- 2.8 10 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
- 2.4 11 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
- 1.5 11 km NNW of Virginia City, 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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