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M 2.0ml

Earthquake near Fallon, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Fallon in the 24 hours to 12:54 am PST (08:54 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 24 km (15 mi) SW, at 12:51 am PDT on 22 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Fallon

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 28 km (17 mi) south-southeast of Fallon, NV, at 9:44 pm PDT on 23 June 2025 (04:44 UTC), 9.0 km deep.

USGS: 20 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada

9:44 pm PDT, Jun 23, 2025 · · 9.0 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Churchill County 48 kmLyon County 52 kmStorey County 77 kmMineral County 83 kmDouglas County 89 kmCarson City 94 kmAlpine County 119 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
9:44 pm PDT on 23 June 2025 ()
Where
28 km (17 mi) south-southeast of Fallon, NV · earthquakes near Fallon
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
9.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Churchill County, 48 km NE
Nearest mapped fault
Rainbow Mountain fault, 24 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 506 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 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In Fallon, 28 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 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 370,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 24 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.5 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 20 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 6.2 The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 22 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 6 km E of this epicentre
  4. 5.8 48 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 47 km E of this epicentre
  5. 5.7 16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada · 24 km NNE 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 39.2363, -118.6657. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Churchill County, NV 48 km (30 mi) NE earthquakes near Churchill County
Lyon County, NV 52 km (32 mi) WSW earthquakes near Lyon County
Storey County, NV 77 km (48 mi) WNW earthquakes near Storey County
Mineral County, NV 83 km (52 mi) SSE earthquakes near Mineral County
Douglas County, NV 89 km (56 mi) WSW earthquakes near Douglas County
Carson City, NV 94 km (58 mi) W earthquakes near Carson City

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 20 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  2. 2.6 22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  3. 1.6 16 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
  4. 1.5 15 km SSE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  5. 1.5 37 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada
  6. 1.6 42 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  7. 3.0 20 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  8. 2.0 22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  9. 1.5 17 km NW of Schurz, Nevada
  10. 3.6 21 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  11. 1.5 24 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  12. 1.7 17 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
  13. 1.6 17 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
  14. 2.3 17 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
  15. 1.6 17 km NE 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.

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