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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Mogul, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Mogul in the 24 hours to 2:20 pm PST (22:20 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 6 km (4 mi) ESE, at 11:07 pm PDT on 10 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 7 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Mogul

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 12 km (8 mi) south-southeast of Mogul, NV, at 5:43 am PDT on 10 March 2026 (12:43 UTC), 10 km deep.

USGS: 12 km SSE of Mogul, Nevada

15 km (9 mi) S of Reno, NV

5:43 am PDT, Mar 10, 2026 · · 10 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 29 kmCarson City 31 kmSierra County 59 kmDouglas County 61 kmLyon County 72 kmNevada County 79 kmPlacer County 84 kmAlpine County 88 kmEl Dorado County 91 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
5:43 am PDT on 10 March 2026 ()
Where
12 km (8 mi) south-southeast of Mogul, NV · earthquakes near Mogul
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 29 km E
Nearest mapped fault
Mount Rose fault, under 1 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 242 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 Mogul, 12 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: Reno, Verdi, Sparks, Incline Village, Sun Valley, Golden Valley.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 4.7 on 2021-05-07 — about 39,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 46 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 11 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 24 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 34 km W of this epicentre
  5. 5.6 5 km NE of Loyalton, California · 44 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 39.4136, -119.8648. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Storey County, NV 29 km (18 mi) E earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 31 km (19 mi) SSE earthquakes near Carson City
Sierra County, CA 59 km (37 mi) WNW earthquakes near Sierra County
Douglas County, NV 61 km (38 mi) SSE earthquakes near Douglas County
Lyon County, NV 72 km (45 mi) SE earthquakes near Lyon County
Nevada County, CA 79 km (49 mi) W earthquakes near Nevada 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. 1.1 5 km NW of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  2. 1.7 3 km S of Dollar Point, CA
  3. 2.2 5 km N of Johnson Lane, Nevada
  4. 2.1 9 km SE of Dollar Point, CA
  5. 1.8 11 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada
  6. 1.6 19 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  7. 1.9 4 km NNE of Dollar Point, CA
  8. 2.3 6 km ESE of Mogul, Nevada
  9. 1.6 8 km WSW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  10. 1.5 20 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  11. 1.6 2 km NNW of Sun Valley, Nevada
  12. 1.9 1 km WNW of Sun Valley, Nevada
  13. 2.8 1 km WNW of Sun Valley, Nevada
  14. 1.8 1 km WNW of Sun Valley, Nevada
  15. 1.6 1 km NNW of Sun Valley, 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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