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M 3.3ml

Earthquake near Fallon, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Fallon in the 24 hours to 2:37 pm PST (22:37 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 24 km (15 mi) SW, at 12:51 am PDT on 22 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Fallon

This page: a magnitude 3.3 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) southwest of Fallon, NV, at 6:34 pm PDT on 13 April 2026 (01:34 UTC), 9.6 km deep. 19 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 22 km SW of Fallon, Nevada

79 km (49 mi) ESE of Reno, NV

6:34 pm PDT, Apr 13, 2026 · · 9.6 km deep · released about 1.1 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lyon County 40 kmStorey County 48 kmChurchill County 65 kmCarson City 70 kmDouglas County 73 kmMineral County 104 kmAlpine County 107 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
6:34 pm PDT on 13 April 2026 ()
Where
22 km (14 mi) southwest of Fallon, NV · earthquakes near Fallon
Magnitude
M 3.3 (ml)
Depth
9.6 km below the surface
Felt
19 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Lyon County, 40 km SSW
Nearest mapped fault
Carson lineament, 16 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 141 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 48 km (30 mi) from the epicentre. In Fallon, 22 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: Fallon 22 km, intensity II · Silver Springs 23 km, intensity II · Fernley 38 km, intensity II · Yerington 43 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1.1 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 6,700× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 4,700× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.3 about 1.1 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.4× more

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 4,900 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 15 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.5 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 40 km E of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 38 km WNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.2 The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 36 km ENE of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 35 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.9 21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 34 km ESE 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 39.3418, -118.9743. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lyon County, NV 40 km (25 mi) SSW earthquakes near Lyon County
Storey County, NV 48 km (30 mi) WNW earthquakes near Storey County
Churchill County, NV 65 km (40 mi) ENE earthquakes near Churchill County
Carson City, NV 70 km (43 mi) WSW earthquakes near Carson City
Douglas County, NV 73 km (45 mi) SW earthquakes near Douglas County
Mineral County, NV 104 km (64 mi) SSE earthquakes near Mineral 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.

  1. 1.5 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  2. 2.8 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  3. 2.0 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  4. 2.0 16 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  5. 3.4 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  6. 3.4 20 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  7. 2.5 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  8. 3.4 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  9. 2.8 20 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  10. 2.5 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  11. 2.4 18 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  12. 2.4 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  13. 2.4 19 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  14. 1.9 15 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  15. 1.6 18 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.

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