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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Yerington, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Yerington in the 24 hours to 3:31 am PST (11:31 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 1.5 earthquake was recorded 18 km (11 mi) north-northeast of Yerington, NV, at 10:50 am PST on 24 December 2024 (18:50 UTC), 5.5 km deep.
USGS: 17 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
83 km (52 mi) SE of Reno, NV
- When
- 10:50 am PST on 24 December 2024 ()
- Where
- 18 km (11 mi) north-northeast of Yerington, NV · earthquakes near Yerington
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lyon County, 17 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Wassuk Range fault, 11 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 689 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Yerington, 18 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 5.7 on 2024-12-09 — about 2,100,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 24 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.9 21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 41 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.5 California-Nevada border region · 19 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.5 13 km NW of Schurz, Nevada · 15 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.4 13 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada · 6 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 39.1217, -119.0528. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon County, NV | 17 km (10 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Douglas County, NV | 54 km (33 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Storey County, NV | 54 km (33 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Carson City, NV | 60 km (37 mi) | W | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Churchill County, NV | 82 km (51 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Churchill County |
| Alpine County, CA | 85 km (53 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.
- 1.5 10 km ESE of Smith, Nevada
- 1.7 21 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.7 17 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
- 2.1 17 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.7 17 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.6 16 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.7 16 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.6 23 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
- 2.9 11 km ESE of Smith, Nevada
- 1.5 21 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 2.2 17 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.5 11 km ESE of Smith, Nevada
- 1.6 23 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.9 17 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.5 20 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
- 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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