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M 3.0ml
Earthquake near Pioche, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Pioche in the 24 hours to 12:18 am PST (08:18 UTC). The last one was M 2.4, 6 km (4 mi) SW, at 10:59 am PDT on 24 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Pioche
This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) west-northwest of Pioche, NV, at 6:35 pm PDT on 5 July 2023 (01:35 UTC), 1.5 km deep.
USGS: 14 km WNW of Pioche, Nevada
- When
- 6:35 pm PDT on 5 July 2023 ()
- Where
- 15 km (9 mi) west-northwest of Pioche, NV · earthquakes near Pioche
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 1.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 47 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1160 days ago
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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 37 km (23 mi) from the epicentre. In Pioche, 15 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: Pioche 15 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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 4.2 on 2019-06-30 — about 63 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 48 km W of Pioche, Nevada · 36 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 38.0028, -114.5931. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, NV | 47 km (29 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Iron County, UT | 113 km (70 mi) | E | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Beaver County, UT | 125 km (78 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Beaver County |
| Washington County, UT | 127 km (79 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Washington County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
20 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 55 km SSE of Lund, Nevada
- 2.0 11 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada
- 2.4 5 km SW of Pioche, Nevada
- 1.8 9 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada
- 1.9 32 km NNW of Pioche, Nevada
- 1.7 24 km WSW of Pioche, Nevada
- 2.2 14 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada
- 1.9 7 km E of Panaca, Nevada
- 1.9 35 km NNE of Hiko, Nevada
- 2.6 25 km NNE of Ursine, Nevada
- 2.2 15 km WNW of Pioche, Nevada
- 1.8 29 km E of Hiko, Nevada
- 2.9 35 km ENE of Hiko, Nevada
- 1.7 7 km E of Panaca, Nevada
- 1.7 7 km ENE of Panaca, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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