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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Battle Mountain, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Battle Mountain in the 24 hours to 9:13 am PST (17:13 UTC). The last one was M 5.7, 229 km (142 mi) SW, at 6:29 pm PDT on 13 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 6,515 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Battle Mountain

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 47 km (29 mi) north-northeast of Battle Mountain, NV, at 1:38 pm PDT on 31 August 2025 (20:38 UTC), 12 km deep.

USGS: 45 km ENE of Valmy, Nevada

1:38 pm PDT, Aug 31, 2025 · · 12 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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When
1:38 pm PDT on 31 August 2025 ()
Where
47 km (29 mi) north-northeast of Battle Mountain, NV · earthquakes near Battle Mountain
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Elko County, 112 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 357 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 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Battle Mountain, 47 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 4.8 on 2025-08-30 — about 42,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.1 21 km NNE of Crescent Valley, Nevada · 49 km SSE 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 41.0187, -116.6827. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Elko County, NV 112 km (70 mi) E earthquakes near Elko County
Eureka County, NV 121 km (75 mi) SSE earthquakes near Eureka County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 63 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  2. 2.4 52 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  3. 3.2 53 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  4. 1.9 56 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  5. 1.7 54 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  6. 2.4 58 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  7. 2.2 58 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  8. 2.7 58 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  9. 2.3 64 km NNE of Valmy, Nevada
  10. 2.2 60 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  11. 2.0 61 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  12. 1.8 52 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  13. 1.8 53 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  14. 1.5 55 km NE of Valmy, Nevada
  15. 2.7 51 km NE of Valmy, 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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