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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Truckee, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Truckee in the last 24 hours. M 1.7, 10 km (6 mi) NNE of Truckee, at 7:32 am PST on 13 November 2026 (15:32 UTC); the estimated shaking in Truckee was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Truckee
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 39 km (24 mi) northwest of Truckee, CA, at 10:59 am PDT on 6 May 2026 (17:59 UTC), 5.2 km deep.
USGS: 1 km W of Sattley, California
51 km (32 mi) W of Reno, NV
- When
- 10:59 am PDT on 6 May 2026 ()
- Where
- 39 km (24 mi) northwest of Truckee, CA · earthquakes near Truckee
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Sierra County, 8 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Mohawk Valley fault, under 1 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 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Truckee, 39 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Portola.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.6 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 2,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 4.7 on 2021-05-07 — about 43,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 32 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.9 West of Downieville, California · 50 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 29 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.6 5 km NE of Loyalton, California · 24 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.3 11 km N of Soda Springs, California · 21 km S 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 39.6145, -120.4411. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra County, CA | 8 km (5 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Sierra County |
| Nevada County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Nevada County |
| Plumas County, CA | 53 km (33 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Plumas County |
| Placer County, CA | 66 km (41 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Placer County |
| Carson City, NV | 79 km (49 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Storey County, NV | 81 km (50 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Storey County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
33 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 10 km NNE of Truckee, CA
- 2.7 1 km N of Lake Davis, CA
- 1.8 23 km NNW of Chilcoot-Vinton, CA
- 2.1 11 km N of Kings Beach, CA
- 2.2 9 km S of Johnsville, CA
- 2.1 7 km NE of Lake Davis, CA
- 2.3 9 km NW of Verdi-Mogul, NV
- 1.7 5 km SSE of Floriston, California
- 2.4 4 km NW of Cold Springs, NV
- 1.6 9 km NNE of Truckee, CA
- 1.6 7 km ENE of Floriston, California
- 2.6 8 km NE of Lake Davis, CA
- 2.3 8 km NE of Lake Davis, CA
- 2.0 10 km NNE of Truckee, CA
- 2.2 8 km NE of Lake Davis, CA
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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