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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Caliente, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Caliente in the 24 hours to 2:26 pm PST (22:26 UTC). The last one was M 4.8, 162 km (101 mi) NNW, at 12:01 am PDT on 27 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Caliente
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 20 km (12 mi) south-southeast of Caliente, NV, at 8:42 pm PDT on 16 August 2023 (03:42 UTC), 14 km deep.
USGS: 19 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- When
- 8:42 pm PDT on 16 August 2023 ()
- Where
- 20 km (12 mi) south-southeast of Caliente, NV · earthquakes near Caliente
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 44 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1182 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Caliente, 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 2016-01-15 — about 4,600 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 24 km E of this epicentre
- 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 20 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 28 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 20 km ESE 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 37.4567, -114.4136. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, NV | 44 km (28 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Washington County, UT | 85 km (53 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Iron County, UT | 110 km (68 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Beaver County, UT | 144 km (89 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Beaver County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.9 18 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 27 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.9 20 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.5 32 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.0 29 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 46 km S of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.9 45 km S of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.1 39 km S of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.9 14 km S of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.5 24 km E of Hiko, Nevada
- 2.2 39 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.7 45 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 31 km W of Veyo, Utah
- 1.6 31 km W of Veyo, Utah
- 1.7 29 km W of Veyo, Utah
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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