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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Reno, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Reno in the 24 hours to 3:35 pm PST (23:35 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 7 km (4 mi) SW, at 11:07 pm PDT on 10 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 7 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Reno

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 20 km (12 mi) south of Reno, NV, at 10:00 am PDT on 1 November 2022 (17:00 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 48 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: Nevada

22 km (14 mi) SSE of Reno, NV

10:00 am PDT, Nov 1, 2022 · · 0.0 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 23 kmStorey County 23 kmDouglas County 52 kmLyon County 62 kmSierra County 69 kmAlpine County 82 kmNevada County 86 kmPlacer County 88 kmEl Dorado County 91 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
10:00 am PDT on 1 November 2022 ()
Where
20 km (12 mi) south of Reno, NV · earthquakes near Reno
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
48 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Carson City, 23 km S
Nearest mapped fault
Mount Rose fault, 4 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 1471 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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Reno, 20 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.

Likely felt in: Reno 20 km, intensity II · Sparks 20 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 4.7 on 2021-05-07 — about 2,400 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 41 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 44 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 16 km N of this epicentre
  4. 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 34 km NW of this epicentre
  5. 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 42 km W 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 39.3567, -119.7736. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Carson City, NV 23 km (14 mi) S earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 23 km (14 mi) ENE earthquakes near Storey County
Douglas County, NV 52 km (32 mi) SSE earthquakes near Douglas County
Lyon County, NV 62 km (39 mi) SE earthquakes near Lyon County
Sierra County, CA 69 km (43 mi) WNW earthquakes near Sierra County
Alpine County, CA 82 km (51 mi) S earthquakes near Alpine County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  2. 1.6 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  3. 2.3 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  4. 1.6 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  5. 1.6 6 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  6. 2.0 Nevada
  7. 2.6 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  8. 2.0 6 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  9. 1.8 6 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  10. 2.0 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  11. 1.7 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  12. 2.9 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  13. 1.6 10 km WSW of Wadsworth, Nevada
  14. 1.6 9 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  15. 1.5 7 km S of Cold Springs, 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.

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