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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Stagecoach, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Stagecoach in the 24 hours to 3:06 am PST (11:06 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 16 km (10 mi) west-northwest of Stagecoach, NV, at 7:43 pm PST on 18 December 2022 (03:43 UTC), 7.2 km deep.

USGS: 15 km WNW of Stagecoach, Nevada

29 km (18 mi) ESE of Reno, NV · 22 km (14 mi) SE of Sparks, NV

7:43 pm PST, Dec 18, 2022 · · 7.2 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Stagecoach Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 2 kmCarson City 35 kmLyon County 54 kmDouglas County 59 kmSierra County 86 kmAlpine County 92 kmNevada County 107 kmPlacer County 109 kmChurchill County 110 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
7:43 pm PST on 18 December 2022 ()
Where
16 km (10 mi) west-northwest of Stagecoach, NV · earthquakes near Stagecoach
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
7.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 2 km ENE
Nearest mapped fault
Northern Virginia Range fault, 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 1425 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 Stagecoach, 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: Sparks, Dayton, Reno, Sun Valley, Silver Springs, Spanish Springs.

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 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:

  1. 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 19 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 34 km SE of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 23 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 48 km WNW of this epicentre
  5. 5.5 7 km N of Wadsworth, Nevada · 37 km NE 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 39.4297, -119.5438. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Storey County, NV 2 km (1 mi) ENE earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 35 km (22 mi) SSW earthquakes near Carson City
Lyon County, NV 54 km (34 mi) SSE earthquakes near Lyon County
Douglas County, NV 59 km (36 mi) S earthquakes near Douglas County
Sierra County, CA 86 km (53 mi) WNW earthquakes near Sierra County
Alpine County, CA 92 km (57 mi) SSW earthquakes near Alpine County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 Nevada
  2. 1.8 6 km SSE of Cold Springs, Nevada
  3. 1.9 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  4. 2.5 6 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  5. 2.0 Nevada
  6. 1.5 5 km SSE of Floriston, California
  7. 1.6 5 km SSE of Floriston, California
  8. 2.8 6 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  9. 1.5 15 km WNW of Wadsworth, Nevada
  10. 2.4 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  11. 1.6 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  12. 1.6 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  13. 1.6 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  14. 2.3 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  15. 1.6 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.

On USGS

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