Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 2.2ml
Earthquake near Caliente, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Caliente in the 24 hours to 7:53 pm PST (03:53 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 2.2 earthquake was recorded 18 km (11 mi) north-northwest of Caliente, NV, at 2:53 am PST on 22 February 2026 (10:53 UTC), 16 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 14 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada
- When
- 2:53 am PST on 22 February 2026 ()
- Where
- 18 km (11 mi) north-northwest of Caliente, NV · earthquakes near Caliente
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 30 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- West Dry Lake fault, 23 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 264 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Caliente, 18 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: Pioche.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 52 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 290,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 18× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 52 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 4.2 on 2019-06-30 — about 1,100 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 48 km W of Pioche, Nevada · 46 km NW 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 37.7696, -114.5620. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, NV | 30 km (19 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Washington County, UT | 110 km (69 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Iron County, UT | 111 km (69 mi) | E | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Beaver County, UT | 133 km (83 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Beaver County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
19 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 11 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada
- 1.5 15 km ESE of Hiko, Nevada
- 2.4 5 km SW of Pioche, Nevada
- 1.8 9 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada
- 1.6 22 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.8 27 km E of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.9 27 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.9 32 km NNW of Pioche, Nevada
- 1.8 15 km ENE of Hiko, Nevada
- 2.3 28 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 27 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.0 33 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.8 24 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.8 29 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.7 24 km WSW of Pioche, 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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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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