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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Stagecoach, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Stagecoach in the 24 hours to 8:38 pm PST (04:38 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 37 km (23 mi) SE, at 6:36 pm PDT on 4 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Stagecoach

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) northwest of Stagecoach, NV, at 8:55 pm PDT on 20 April 2025 (03:55 UTC), 13 km deep.

USGS: 13 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada

34 km (21 mi) ESE of Reno, NV · 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Sparks, NV

8:55 pm PDT, Apr 20, 2025 · · 13 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Stagecoach Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 6 kmCarson City 42 kmLyon County 55 kmDouglas County 64 kmSierra County 91 kmAlpine County 98 kmChurchill County 104 kmNevada County 113 kmPlacer County 117 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
8:55 pm PDT on 20 April 2025 ()
Where
13 km (8 mi) northwest of Stagecoach, NV · earthquakes near Stagecoach
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 6 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
Carson lineament, 14 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 570 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Stagecoach, 13 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: Silver Springs, Fernley, Sparks, Dayton, Spanish Springs, 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.

  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 4.5 on 2020-03-21 — about 22,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 12 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 35 km SSE of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 28 km W of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 7 km N of Wadsworth, Nevada · 30 km NNE of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 1 km NNE of Verdi, Nevada · 44 km W 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 39.4667, -119.4718. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Storey County, NV 6 km (3 mi) SW earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 42 km (26 mi) SW earthquakes near Carson City
Lyon County, NV 55 km (34 mi) SSE earthquakes near Lyon County
Douglas County, NV 64 km (39 mi) S earthquakes near Douglas County
Sierra County, CA 91 km (56 mi) W earthquakes near Sierra County
Alpine County, CA 98 km (61 mi) SSW earthquakes near Alpine County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 14 km E of Fernley, Nevada
  2. 1.8 9 km ENE of Sparks, Nevada
  3. 1.6 11 km E of Sparks, Nevada
  4. 2.2 9 km ENE of Sparks, Nevada
  5. 2.1 17 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  6. 3.5 17 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  7. 1.5 21 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  8. 1.5 8 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  9. 1.8 10 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  10. 2.1 6 km SSE of Floriston, California
  11. 2.3 2 km NNE of Fernley, Nevada
  12. 1.5 14 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  13. 1.9 20 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  14. 3.5 20 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  15. 1.6 21 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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