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M 3.2ml
Earthquake near Yerington, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Yerington in the 24 hours to 8:19 am PST (16:19 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 22 km (14 mi) NNE, at 6:55 pm PDT on 4 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Yerington
This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 21 km (13 mi) north-northeast of Yerington, NV, at 2:38 pm PST on 16 December 2024 (22:38 UTC), 5.3 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 21 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
81 km (50 mi) ESE of Reno, NV · 60 km (37 mi) E of Carson, NV
- When
- 2:38 pm PST on 16 December 2024 ()
- Where
- 21 km (13 mi) north-northeast of Yerington, NV · earthquakes near Yerington
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Lyon County, 19 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Wassuk Range fault, 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 617 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 46 km (29 mi) from the epicentre. In Yerington, 21 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.
Likely felt in: Yerington 21 km, intensity II · Silver Springs 32 km, intensity II · Fallon 42 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× more
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 5.7 on 2024-12-09 — about 5,800 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 48 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 23 km W of this epicentre
- 5.9 21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 40 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.5 California-Nevada border region · 22 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.5 13 km NW of Schurz, Nevada · 18 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 39.1580, -119.0562. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon County, NV | 19 km (12 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Storey County, NV | 51 km (32 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Douglas County, NV | 55 km (34 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Carson City, NV | 60 km (37 mi) | W | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Churchill County, NV | 80 km (50 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Churchill County |
| Alpine County, CA | 88 km (54 mi) | SW | 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.
- 1.6 21 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.7 20 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 2.2 22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.9 22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.7 24 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.6 20 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
- 2.3 22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.7 21 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 2.0 21 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 2.0 22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.5 21 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 2.1 18 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.5 17 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.5 17 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.9 18 km NNE of Yerington, 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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- 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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