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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Yerington, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Yerington in the 24 hours to 5:52 am PST (13:52 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 22 km (14 mi) NNE, at 6:55 pm PDT on 4 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Yerington

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) southeast of Yerington, NV, at 4:02 am PDT on 27 August 2022 (11:02 UTC), 12 km deep.

USGS: 22 km SW of Schurz, Nevada

4:02 am PDT, Aug 27, 2022 · · 12 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lyon County 32 kmMineral County 57 kmDouglas County 57 kmAlpine County 75 kmCarson City 78 kmStorey County 86 kmMono County 98 kmChurchill County 103 km
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When
4:02 am PDT on 27 August 2022 ()
Where
27 km (17 mi) southeast of Yerington, NV · earthquakes near Yerington
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lyon County, 32 km NW
Nearest mapped fault
Wassuk Range 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 1537 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Yerington, 27 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. 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 5.6 on 2016-12-28 — about 1,400,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.5 California-Nevada border region · 31 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 5.5 13 km NW of Schurz, Nevada · 26 km N of this epicentre
  3. 5.4 13 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada · 37 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.0 13 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 46 km ESE of this epicentre
  5. 5.0 27 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 47 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 38.7920, -118.9676. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lyon County, NV 32 km (20 mi) NW earthquakes near Lyon County
Mineral County, NV 57 km (35 mi) ESE earthquakes near Mineral County
Douglas County, NV 57 km (35 mi) WNW earthquakes near Douglas County
Alpine County, CA 75 km (46 mi) WSW earthquakes near Alpine County
Carson City, NV 78 km (49 mi) WNW earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 86 km (54 mi) NNW earthquakes near Storey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 26 km NNE of Schurz, Nevada
  2. 1.6 California-Nevada border region
  3. 2.1 13 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada
  4. 2.8 28 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  5. 1.8 27 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  6. 1.6 8 km NW of Walker Lake, Nevada
  7. 1.6 8 km NW of Walker Lake, Nevada
  8. 1.5 9 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada
  9. 1.7 9 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada
  10. 2.1 16 km SE of Schurz, Nevada
  11. 2.5 30 km ENE of Bridgeport, California
  12. 1.6 California-Nevada border region
  13. 1.7 28 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  14. 1.8 California-Nevada border region
  15. 1.7 15 km SSW of Schurz, 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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