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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Battle Mountain, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Battle Mountain in the 24 hours to 7:57 am PST (15:57 UTC). The last one was M 5.7, 229 km (142 mi) SW, at 6:29 pm PDT on 13 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 6,515 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Battle Mountain

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) northwest of Battle Mountain, NV, at 10:39 am PDT on 9 May 2023 (17:39 UTC), 3.4 km deep.

USGS: Nevada

10:39 am PDT, May 9, 2023 · · 3.4 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lander County 101 kmHumboldt County 105 kmPershing County 112 kmEureka County 119 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
10:39 am PDT on 9 May 2023 ()
Where
27 km (17 mi) northwest of Battle Mountain, NV · earthquakes near Battle Mountain
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
3.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lander County, 101 km S
Nearest mapped fault
Sulphur Spring fault, 16 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 1210 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 Battle Mountain, 27 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 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.0 Pleasant Valley, Nevada (Foreshock) · 44 km SW of this epicentre
  2. 5.1 31 km WSW of Battle Mountain, Nevada · 35 km SSW 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 40.8059, -117.1681. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lander County, NV 101 km (63 mi) S earthquakes near Lander County
Humboldt County, NV 105 km (65 mi) NW earthquakes near Humboldt County
Pershing County, NV 112 km (70 mi) WSW earthquakes near Pershing County
Eureka County, NV 119 km (74 mi) SE earthquakes near Eureka County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.2 35 km NNE of Valmy, Nevada
  2. 2.2 48 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  3. 2.9 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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