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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Pioche, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Pioche in the 24 hours to 3:31 pm PST (23:31 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 19 km (12 mi) southeast of Pioche, NV, at 10:52 am PDT on 30 May 2024 (17:52 UTC), 11 km deep.
USGS: 7 km E of Panaca, Nevada
- When
- 10:52 am PDT on 30 May 2024 ()
- Where
- 19 km (12 mi) southeast of Pioche, NV · earthquakes near Pioche
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 53 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 896 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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Pioche, 19 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: Caliente.
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 4.2 on 2016-01-15 — about 6,500 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 44 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 46 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 46 km SSE 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 37.8036, -114.3047. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, NV | 53 km (33 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Iron County, UT | 88 km (55 mi) | E | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Washington County, UT | 94 km (58 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Beaver County, UT | 112 km (69 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Beaver County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
33 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 11 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada
- 2.4 5 km SW of Pioche, Nevada
- 1.8 9 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada
- 1.6 22 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.9 27 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.3 28 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 27 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.8 24 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.8 29 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.7 24 km WSW of Pioche, Nevada
- 2.2 19 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.8 13 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.2 14 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada
- 1.6 16 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 12 km SSW of Caliente, 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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