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M 1.9ml

Earthquake near Carson City, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Carson City in the 24 hours to 9:36 pm PST (05:36 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 9 km (6 mi) SSE, at 9:41 am PST on 2 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Carson City

This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 20 km (13 mi) southeast of Carson City, NV, at 3:43 pm PST on 1 February 2026 (23:43 UTC), 13 km deep.

USGS: 10 km NNE of Fish Springs, Nevada

61 km (38 mi) SSE of Reno, NV · 18 km (11 mi) SE of Carson, NV

3:43 pm PST, Feb 1, 2026 · · 13 km deep · released about 18 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Carson City Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Douglas County 14 kmCarson City 18 kmLyon County 35 kmStorey County 45 kmAlpine County 49 kmEl Dorado County 86 kmPlacer County 97 kmSierra County 100 kmNevada County 105 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
3:43 pm PST on 1 February 2026 ()
Where
20 km (13 mi) southeast of Carson City, NV · earthquakes near Carson City
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Douglas County, 14 km S
Nearest mapped fault
East Carson Valley fault, 9 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 283 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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Carson City, 20 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Johnson Lane, East Valley, Gardnerville, Minden, Indian Hills, Gardnerville Ranchos.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 18 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 840,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 53× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 18 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 4.5 on 2020-03-21 — about 9,400 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 29 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 4 km S of Carter Springs, Nevada · 24 km S of this epicentre
  3. 5.5 California-Nevada border region · 35 km E of this epicentre
  4. 5.4 13 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada · 42 km E of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 10 km SE of South Lake Tahoe, California · 32 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 39.0346, -119.5983. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Douglas County, NV 14 km (9 mi) S earthquakes near Douglas County
Carson City, NV 18 km (11 mi) NW earthquakes near Carson City
Lyon County, NV 35 km (22 mi) E earthquakes near Lyon County
Storey County, NV 45 km (28 mi) N earthquakes near Storey County
Alpine County, CA 49 km (30 mi) SSW earthquakes near Alpine County
El Dorado County, CA 86 km (53 mi) WSW earthquakes near El Dorado County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 6 km N of Carson City, Nevada
  2. 2.3 7 km ENE of Markleeville, CA
  3. 1.5 8 km SSW of Dayton, Nevada
  4. 1.8 6 km N of Carson City, Nevada
  5. 1.7 7 km N of Carson City, Nevada
  6. 1.6 4 km ENE of Dollar Point, CA
  7. 1.7 9 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  8. 1.8 9 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  9. 1.9 12 km SSE of Mogul, Nevada
  10. 1.6 12 km SSE of Mogul, Nevada
  11. 1.6 20 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  12. 1.5 15 km SSE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  13. 1.7 8 km SSW of Dayton, Nevada
  14. 2.1 5 km W of Tahoe Vista, CA
  15. 1.6 0 km SW of Carnelian Bay, California

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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