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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Verdi, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Verdi in the 24 hours to 3:27 pm PST (23:27 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 11 km (7 mi) ESE, at 11:07 pm PDT on 10 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 7 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Verdi
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) north of Verdi, NV, at 2:50 am PDT on 19 October 2024 (09:50 UTC), 4.6 km deep.
USGS: 5 km N of Verdi, Nevada
11 km (7 mi) WNW of Reno, NV
- When
- 2:50 am PDT on 19 October 2024 ()
- Where
- 6 km (4 mi) north of Verdi, NV · earthquakes near Verdi
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Storey County, 41 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Dog Valley fault, 5 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 752 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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Verdi, 6 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: Mogul, Cold Springs, Lemmon Valley, Golden Valley, Reno, Sun Valley.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 4.7 on 2021-05-07 — about 38,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 17 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 9 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 31 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.6 5 km NE of Loyalton, California · 25 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.3 11 km N of Soda Springs, California · 40 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 39.5688, -119.9759. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storey County, NV | 41 km (26 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Sierra County, CA | 47 km (29 mi) | W | earthquakes near Sierra County |
| Carson City, NV | 50 km (31 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Nevada County, CA | 75 km (46 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Nevada County |
| Douglas County, NV | 80 km (50 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Placer County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Placer County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 9 km ENE of Sparks, Nevada
- 1.7 4 km NNE of Dollar Point, CA
- 1.8 4 km NNE of Dollar Point, CA
- 1.7 4 km WSW of Tahoe Vista, CA
- 1.7 3 km WSW of Tahoe Vista, CA
- 2.1 6 km SSE of Floriston, California
- 1.8 4 km ESE of Truckee, CA
- 2.9 14 km SW of Loyalton, CA
- 2.3 14 km SW of Loyalton, CA
- 2.2 13 km SSW of Loyalton, CA
- 2.9 14 km SW of Loyalton, CA
- 1.9 13 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
- 1.5 5 km SE of Floriston, California
- 2.0 13 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
- 2.2 4 km NNE of Cold 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.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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