Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
74 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
Yes. A magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 74 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada, at 4:50 am PDT on 10 March 2026 (11:50 UTC), 10 km deep.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Nye County, 56 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- Tybo Well fault, 23 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 247 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 2 km (1 mi) from the epicentre. 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 5.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 4.3 on 2026-03-01 — about 13,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 102 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 31 km E of this epicentre
- 5.0 49 km NNE of Tonopah, Nevada · 48 km W of this epicentre
- 5.0 74 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 32 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 38.4649, -116.5478. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nye County, NV | 56 km (35 mi) | S | earthquakes near Nye County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 122 km (76 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Esmeralda 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.
- 2.2 95 km SE of Kingston, Nevada
- 1.6 78 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.9 75 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.8 76 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.8 75 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.9 74 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 2.3 73 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.5 75 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 2.4 73 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.7 78 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.5 96 km SE of Kingston, Nevada
- 1.5 64 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 3.1 74 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.6 77 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.6 72 km NE of Tonopah, 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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