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M 5.2mwr

Earthquake near Silver Springs, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Silver Springs in the 24 hours to 7:41 pm PST (03:41 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 20 km (12 mi) ESE, at 2:34 am PDT on 15 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Silver Springs

This page: a magnitude 5.2 earthquake was recorded 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Silver Springs, NV, at 1:17 am PDT on 1 May 2026 (08:17 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 1,875 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 19 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada

74 km (46 mi) ESE of Reno, NV

1:17 am PDT, May 1, 2026 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 860 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lyon County 34 kmStorey County 44 kmCarson City 63 kmDouglas County 66 kmChurchill County 72 kmAlpine County 100 kmMineral County 103 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
1:17 am PDT on 1 May 2026 ()
Where
20 km (12 mi) southeast of Silver Springs, NV · earthquakes near Silver Springs
Magnitude
M 5.2 (mwr)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
1,875 reports · strongest reported intensity VI
Measured shaking
intensity VI (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Lyon County, 34 km SSW
Nearest mapped fault
Carson lineament, 17 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 121 days ago

This was a moderate earthquake. Shaking at this size can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 214 km (133 mi) from the epicentre. In Silver Springs, 20 km away, the estimate is intensity V (moderate). 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 20 km, intensity V · Fallon 30 km, intensity IV · Yerington 37 km, intensity IV · Fernley 38 km, intensity IV. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 860 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 6.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 200× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 8.8× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 5.2 about 860 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1,800× 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 6.5 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 · 46 km E of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 35 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 6.2 The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 43 km ENE of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 28 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.9 21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 39 km E 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 39.3066, -119.0467. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lyon County, NV 34 km (21 mi) SSW earthquakes near Lyon County
Storey County, NV 44 km (27 mi) WNW earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 63 km (39 mi) WSW earthquakes near Carson City
Douglas County, NV 66 km (41 mi) SW earthquakes near Douglas County
Churchill County, NV 72 km (45 mi) ENE earthquakes near Churchill County
Alpine County, CA 100 km (62 mi) SW earthquakes near Alpine 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. 2.6 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  2. 1.7 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  3. 1.8 16 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  4. 1.5 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  5. 1.5 18 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  6. 1.9 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  7. 1.6 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  8. 3.4 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  9. 1.7 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  10. 1.8 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  11. 1.5 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  12. 1.8 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  13. 1.7 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  14. 1.9 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  15. 1.9 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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