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M 1.7ml

52 km S of Caliente, Nevada

Yes. A magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 52 km S of Caliente, Nevada, at 8:22 am PDT on 29 April 2026 (15:22 UTC), 5.9 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

· 5.9 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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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 1.7 (ml)
Depth
5.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lincoln County, 58 km NNW
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 197 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 11 km (7 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 12 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 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 4.0 on 2025-06-06 — about 2,500 times the energy of this one.

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

  1. 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 46 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 16 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 46 km NE of this epicentre
  4. 5.0 43 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · 38 km WSW 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 37.1532, -114.6117. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lincoln County, NV 58 km (36 mi) NNW earthquakes near Lincoln County
Washington County, UT 100 km (62 mi) E earthquakes near Washington County
Clark County, NV 110 km (69 mi) SSW earthquakes near Clark County
Iron County, UT 143 km (89 mi) NE earthquakes near Iron County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 22 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
  2. 1.6 50 km S of Caliente, Nevada
  3. 1.6 29 km S of Alamo, Nevada
  4. 1.7 21 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
  5. 1.5 31 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
  6. 1.8 27 km E of Alamo, Nevada
  7. 1.6 13 km S of Alamo, Nevada
  8. 2.6 44 km NNW of Moapa Town, Nevada
  9. 1.9 27 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  10. 2.7 40 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  11. 1.7 45 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
  12. 2.3 28 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  13. 1.7 21 km E of Alamo, Nevada
  14. 1.6 27 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
  15. 1.7 29 km NNE of Moapa Town, 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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