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M 2.2ml

57 km S of Kingston, Nevada

Yes. A magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 57 km S of Kingston, Nevada, at 3:22 pm PDT on 6 April 2026 (22:22 UTC), 16 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

· 16 km deep · released about 52 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Nye County 101 kmEsmeralda County 110 kmMineral County 111 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
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Nye County, 101 km SE
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 220 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 8 km (5 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 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 290,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 18× the energy of this one
  4. 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.5 28 km E of Gabbs, Nevada · 45 km WNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 37 km ESE of Gabbs, Nevada · 32 km WNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 28 km ESE of Gabbs, Nevada · 40 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.0 49 km NNE of Tonopah, Nevada · 22 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 38.6961, -117.1551. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Nye County, NV 101 km (63 mi) SE earthquakes near Nye County
Esmeralda County, NV 110 km (68 mi) SSW earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Mineral County, NV 111 km (69 mi) W earthquakes near Mineral County
Churchill County, NV 134 km (83 mi) NW earthquakes near Churchill County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.3 57 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  2. 1.7 59 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  3. 1.8 51 km N of Tonopah, Nevada
  4. 1.0 56 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  5. 1.0 56 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  6. 2.1 53 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  7. 1.2 55 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  8. 1.9 55 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  9. 1.1 59 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  10. 1.9 55 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  11. 1.1 58 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  12. 1.7 36 km N of Tonopah, Nevada
  13. 1.9 58 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  14. 1.5 57 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  15. 1.8 63 km N 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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