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M 3.7mw

Earthquake near Reno, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Reno in the 24 hours to 6:08 am PST (14:08 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 3.7 earthquake was recorded 17 km (11 mi) west-northwest of Reno, NV, at 5:23 pm PDT on 1 June 2023 (00:23 UTC), 7.1 km deep. 732 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: Nevada

13 km (8 mi) WNW of Reno, NV

5:23 pm PDT, Jun 1, 2023 · · 7.1 km deep · released about 5.4 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 44 kmSierra County 47 kmCarson City 55 kmNevada County 77 kmPlumas County 84 kmDouglas County 85 kmPlacer County 89 kmLyon County 94 kmEl Dorado County 104 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
5:23 pm PDT on 1 June 2023 ()
Where
17 km (11 mi) west-northwest of Reno, NV · earthquakes near Reno
Magnitude
M 3.7 (mw)
Depth
7.1 km below the surface
Felt
732 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Storey County, 44 km ESE
Nearest mapped fault
Upper Long Valley fault, 3 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 1018 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 76 km (47 mi) from the epicentre. In Reno, 17 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Cold Springs 7 km, intensity III · Reno 17 km, intensity III · Sparks 21 km, intensity III · Spanish Springs 24 km, intensity III · Truckee 36 km, intensity II · Tahoe Vista 42 km, intensity II · Portola 47 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.4 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.7 about 5.4 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 11× more

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 27 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 20 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 11 km SW of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 34 km SW of this epicentre
  4. 5.6 5 km NE of Loyalton, California · 22 km WNW of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 11 km N of Soda Springs, California · 41 km WSW 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 39.6139, -119.9797. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Storey County, NV 44 km (27 mi) ESE earthquakes near Storey County
Sierra County, CA 47 km (29 mi) W earthquakes near Sierra County
Carson City, NV 55 km (34 mi) SSE earthquakes near Carson City
Nevada County, CA 77 km (48 mi) WSW earthquakes near Nevada County
Plumas County, CA 84 km (52 mi) WNW earthquakes near Plumas County
Douglas County, NV 85 km (53 mi) SSE earthquakes near Douglas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 Nevada, United States
  2. 2.1 9 km NNE of Truckee, CA
  3. 1.6 6 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  4. 1.9 6 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  5. 2.1 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  6. 1.9 Nevada
  7. 1.7 5 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  8. 2.2 5 km E of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  9. 1.7 4 km E of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  10. 2.1 5 km E of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  11. 1.6 5 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  12. 2.1 Nevada
  13. 3.0 5 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  14. 1.9 5 km E of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  15. 2.1 5 km ESE of Spanish 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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