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M 4.0mw

Earthquake near Caliente, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Caliente in the 24 hours to 4:33 am PST (12:33 UTC). The last one was M 4.8, 162 km (101 mi) NNW, at 12:01 am PDT on 27 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Caliente

This page: a magnitude 4.0 earthquake was recorded 40 km (25 mi) south-southwest of Caliente, NV, at 12:16 am PDT on 6 June 2025 (07:16 UTC), 4.3 km deep. 37 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 40 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada

12:16 am PDT, Jun 6, 2025 · · 4.3 km deep · released about 15 tons of TNT

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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
12:16 am PDT on 6 June 2025 ()
Where
40 km (25 mi) south-southwest of Caliente, NV · earthquakes near Caliente
Magnitude
M 4.0 (mw)
Depth
4.3 km below the surface
Felt
37 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Lincoln County, 45 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 159 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 97 km (60 mi) from the epicentre. In Caliente, 40 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Caliente 40 km, intensity III · Alamo 47 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 15 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.0 about 15 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 32× 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 (31 mi) since our catalogue begins in 2016. No other earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded this close in that time.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 47 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 42 km ENE of this epicentre
  3. 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 3 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 42 km ENE of this epicentre
  5. 5.0 43 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · 43 km SW 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 37.2660, -114.6424. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lincoln County, NV 45 km (28 mi) NNW earthquakes near Lincoln County
Washington County, UT 102 km (63 mi) E earthquakes near Washington County
Clark County, NV 122 km (76 mi) SSW earthquakes near Clark County
Iron County, UT 138 km (86 mi) ENE earthquakes near Iron County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 28 km E of Alamo, Nevada
  2. 1.7 43 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  3. 1.7 52 km S of Caliente, Nevada
  4. 1.6 49 km N of Moapa Town, Nevada
  5. 1.6 34 km SW of Caliente, Nevada
  6. 2.2 19 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  7. 1.6 24 km S of Caliente, Nevada
  8. 1.6 36 km S of Caliente, Nevada
  9. 2.6 18 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  10. 1.5 48 km N of Moapa Town, Nevada
  11. 1.8 13 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  12. 1.9 47 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
  13. 1.6 16 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  14. 1.7 37 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
  15. 1.5 40 km SSE of Alamo, 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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