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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Caliente, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Caliente in the 24 hours to 10:34 am PST (18:34 UTC). The last one was M 4.8, 162 km (101 mi) NNW, at 12:01 am PDT on 27 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Caliente
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 44 km (27 mi) south of Caliente, NV, at 12:46 am PDT on 5 May 2026 (07:46 UTC), 11 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 43 km S of Caliente, Nevada
- When
- 12:46 am PDT on 5 May 2026 ()
- Where
- 44 km (27 mi) south of Caliente, NV · earthquakes near Caliente
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 51 km NNW
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 191 days ago
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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 4 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Caliente, 44 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 4,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 46 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 40 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 9 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 40 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.0 43 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · 44 km SW 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 37.2278, -114.5973. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, NV | 51 km (32 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Washington County, UT | 98 km (61 mi) | E | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Clark County, NV | 119 km (74 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Iron County, UT | 137 km (85 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Iron County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
22 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 22 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 50 km S of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 29 km S of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.7 21 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.5 31 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.8 27 km E of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.6 13 km S of Alamo, Nevada
- 2.6 44 km NNW of Moapa Town, Nevada
- 1.9 27 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.7 40 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.7 45 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
- 2.3 28 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.7 21 km E of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.6 27 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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