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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Yerington, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Yerington in the 24 hours to 5:37 am PST (13:37 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 1.6 earthquake was recorded 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Yerington, NV, at 1:14 am PST on 4 January 2025 (09:14 UTC), 3.0 km deep.

USGS: 23 km NE of Yerington, Nevada

84 km (52 mi) ESE of Reno, NV

1:14 am PST, Jan 4, 2025 · · 3.0 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lyon County 22 kmStorey County 54 kmDouglas County 59 kmCarson City 63 kmChurchill County 77 kmMineral County 88 kmAlpine County 90 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
1:14 am PST on 4 January 2025 ()
Where
23 km (14 mi) northeast of Yerington, NV · earthquakes near Yerington
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
3.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lyon County, 22 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
Wassuk Range fault, 10 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 678 days ago

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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Yerington, 23 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 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. 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 5.7 on 2024-12-09 — about 1,500,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.5 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 49 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 50 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 6.2 The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 48 km NE of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 27 km W of this epicentre
  5. 5.9 21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 37 km ENE 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 39.1565, -119.0118. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lyon County, NV 22 km (14 mi) SW earthquakes near Lyon County
Storey County, NV 54 km (34 mi) NW earthquakes near Storey County
Douglas County, NV 59 km (36 mi) WSW earthquakes near Douglas County
Carson City, NV 63 km (39 mi) W earthquakes near Carson City
Churchill County, NV 77 km (48 mi) ENE earthquakes near Churchill County
Mineral County, NV 88 km (55 mi) SE earthquakes near Mineral County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.5 24 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  2. 2.4 21 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  3. 1.8 20 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  4. 1.7 17 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  5. 1.7 21 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  6. 1.7 21 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  7. 1.7 22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  8. 3.2 22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  9. 2.3 17 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
  10. 1.5 23 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  11. 2.0 15 km ENE of Yerington, Nevada
  12. 1.5 19 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  13. 1.9 16 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
  14. 1.5 17 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
  15. 1.7 23 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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