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M 1.8ml

Earthquake near Yerington, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Yerington in the 24 hours to 8:00 pm PST (04:00 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 1.8 earthquake was recorded 28 km (17 mi) southeast of Yerington, NV, at 4:03 am PDT on 27 August 2022 (11:03 UTC), 11 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 22 km SW of Schurz, Nevada

4:03 am PDT, Aug 27, 2022 · · 11 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lyon County 33 kmMineral County 57 kmDouglas County 57 kmAlpine County 74 kmCarson City 79 kmStorey County 87 kmMono County 97 kmChurchill County 103 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
4:03 am PDT on 27 August 2022 ()
Where
28 km (17 mi) southeast of Yerington, NV · earthquakes near Yerington
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Lyon County, 33 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 1536 days ago

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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Yerington, 28 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 500,000 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 · 27 km N of this epicentre
  3. 5.4 13 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada · 38 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 38.7868, -118.9703. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lyon County, NV 33 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 74 km (46 mi) WSW earthquakes near Alpine County
Carson City, NV 79 km (49 mi) WNW earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 87 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

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

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

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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