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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Pioche, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Pioche in the 24 hours to 12:15 am PST (08:15 UTC). The last one was M 2.4, 6 km (4 mi) SW, at 10:59 am PDT on 24 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Pioche

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 24 km (15 mi) west-southwest of Pioche, NV, at 7:34 pm PDT on 8 April 2026 (02:34 UTC), 15 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

USGS: 24 km WSW of Pioche, Nevada

7:34 pm PDT, Apr 8, 2026 · · 15 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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When
7:34 pm PDT on 8 April 2026 ()
Where
24 km (15 mi) west-southwest of Pioche, NV · earthquakes near Pioche
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lincoln County, 29 km SSW
Nearest mapped fault
West Dry Lake fault, 9 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 218 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Pioche, 24 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 5,200 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.0 48 km W of Pioche, Nevada · 29 km WNW 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 37.8704, -114.7190. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lincoln County, NV 29 km (18 mi) SSW earthquakes near Lincoln County
Washington County, UT 128 km (79 mi) ESE earthquakes near Washington County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 11 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada
  2. 1.5 15 km ESE of Hiko, Nevada
  3. 2.4 5 km SW of Pioche, Nevada
  4. 1.8 9 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada
  5. 1.9 32 km NNW of Pioche, Nevada
  6. 1.8 15 km ENE of Hiko, Nevada
  7. 1.7 22 km NNE of Hiko, 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.

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