Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8ml
19 km E of Black Rock City, Nevada
Yes. A magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 19 km E of Black Rock City, Nevada, at 9:40 pm PDT on 3 April 2025 (04:40 UTC), 13 km deep.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Washoe County, 56 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Black Rock 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 526 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 4 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. 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 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 40.7375, -118.9941. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washoe County, NV | 56 km (35 mi) | W | earthquakes near Washoe County |
| Pershing County, NV | 59 km (37 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Pershing County |
| Humboldt County, NV | 104 km (65 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Humboldt County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
20 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 5 km WSW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
- 1.8 4 km SSW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
- 1.8 3 km WSW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
- 2.5 5 km WSW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
- 2.2 4 km WSW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
- 2.3 5 km WSW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
- 2.1 6 km W of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
- 1.9 6 km WSW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
- 2.6 13 km NNW of Gerlach, Nevada
- 2.4 3 km SW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
- 2.4 12 km WNW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
- 1.7 5 km SW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
- 2.0 2 km SSE of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
- 1.6 15 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
- 1.6 15 km WSW of Gerlach, 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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