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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Stagecoach, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Stagecoach in the 24 hours to 6:56 pm PST (02:56 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 12 km (8 mi) northwest of Stagecoach, NV, at 12:39 am PST on 3 January 2024 (08:39 UTC), 8.0 km deep.
USGS: 12 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada
34 km (21 mi) ESE of Reno, NV · 25 km (15 mi) SE of Sparks, NV
- When
- 12:39 am PST on 3 January 2024 ()
- Where
- 12 km (8 mi) northwest of Stagecoach, NV · earthquakes near Stagecoach
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Storey County, 4 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Carson lineament, 13 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 1045 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Stagecoach, 12 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: Silver Springs, Dayton, Sparks, Fernley, Spanish Springs.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 16,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 14 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 33 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 28 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.5 7 km N of Wadsworth, Nevada · 32 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.4 13 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada · 49 km SE 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 39.4468, -119.4790. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storey County, NV | 4 km (3 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Carson City, NV | 40 km (25 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Lyon County, NV | 53 km (33 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Douglas County, NV | 61 km (38 mi) | S | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Sierra County, CA | 91 km (56 mi) | W | earthquakes near Sierra County |
| Alpine County, CA | 96 km (60 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Alpine 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.
- 2.3 4 km S of Virginia City, Nevada
- 1.6 3 km SSE of Virginia City, Nevada
- 2.2 11 km NNE of Tahoe Vista, CA
- 1.6 16 km E of Fernley, Nevada
- 1.5 16 km E of Fernley, Nevada
- 1.7 16 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada
- 2.5 11 km NNE of Tahoe Vista, CA
- 2.1 15 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada
- 1.9 17 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
- 1.6 5 km SSE of Floriston, California
- 1.6 6 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
- 1.5 3 km S of Virginia City, Nevada
- 1.7 13 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
- 2.1 13 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
- 1.5 6 km NNE of Carson City, 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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