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M 2.3ml
Earthquake near Alamo, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Alamo in the 24 hours to 3:44 pm PST (23:44 UTC). The last one was M 3.6, 33 km (21 mi) SSW, at 12:44 am PDT on 30 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Alamo
This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 42 km (26 mi) east-southeast of Alamo, NV, at 1:54 pm PDT on 19 August 2025 (20:54 UTC), 5.6 km deep.
USGS: 41 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
- When
- 1:54 pm PDT on 19 August 2025 ()
- Where
- 42 km (26 mi) east-southeast of Alamo, NV · earthquakes near Alamo
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 53 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 450 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 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Alamo, 42 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 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 4.0 on 2025-06-06 — about 350 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 18 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.0 43 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · 27 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 37.1606, -114.7669. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, NV | 53 km (33 mi) | N | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Clark County, NV | 108 km (67 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Washington County, UT | 114 km (71 mi) | E | earthquakes near Washington County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 30 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.7 52 km S of Caliente, Nevada
- 4.4 30 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.8 31 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.6 49 km N of Moapa Town, Nevada
- 1.6 34 km SW of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.2 19 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 24 km S of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 36 km S of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.5 29 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 2.6 18 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
- 3.1 31 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.9 30 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.6 27 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.5 48 km N of Moapa Town, 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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