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M 2.2ml

Earthquake near Stagecoach, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Stagecoach in the 24 hours to 11:21 am PST (19:21 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 37 km (23 mi) SE, at 6:36 pm PDT on 4 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Stagecoach

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) north of Stagecoach, NV, at 7:30 pm PDT on 20 March 2026 (02:30 UTC), 9.2 km deep.

USGS: 10 km N of Stagecoach, Nevada

41 km (25 mi) ESE of Reno, NV · 31 km (19 mi) ESE of Sparks, NV

7:30 pm PDT, Mar 20, 2026 · · 9.2 km deep · released about 67 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Stagecoach Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 12 kmCarson City 47 kmLyon County 52 kmDouglas County 65 kmChurchill County 97 kmSierra County 98 kmAlpine County 101 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
7:30 pm PDT on 20 March 2026 ()
Where
11 km (7 mi) north of Stagecoach, NV · earthquakes near Stagecoach
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
9.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 12 km WSW
Nearest mapped fault
Carson lineament, 10 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 231 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 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. In Stagecoach, 11 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.

Likely felt in: Silver Springs 15 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 67 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 160,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 14× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 67 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 5.7 on 2024-12-09 — about 170,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 7 km NNE of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 33 km S of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 36 km W of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 7 km N of Wadsworth, Nevada · 27 km NNE of this epicentre
  5. 5.4 13 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada · 46 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 39.4682, -119.3858. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Storey County, NV 12 km (8 mi) WSW earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 47 km (29 mi) SW earthquakes near Carson City
Lyon County, NV 52 km (32 mi) SSE earthquakes near Lyon County
Douglas County, NV 65 km (41 mi) SSW earthquakes near Douglas County
Churchill County, NV 97 km (60 mi) E earthquakes near Churchill County
Sierra County, CA 98 km (61 mi) W earthquakes near Sierra County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  2. 2.4 19 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  3. 1.9 15 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  4. 1.6 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  5. 1.7 20 km SSE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  6. 2.5 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  7. 2.7 18 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  8. 2.3 16 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  9. 2.6 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  10. 2.4 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  11. 2.5 19 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  12. 2.2 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  13. 1.9 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  14. 1.7 20 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  15. 2.4 17 km SE of Silver Springs, 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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