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M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Silver Springs, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Silver Springs in the 24 hours to 9:51 am PST (17:51 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 2.6 earthquake was recorded 12 km (7 mi) east of Silver Springs, NV, at 8:40 pm PDT on 14 May 2026 (03:40 UTC), 13 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 11 km E of Silver Springs, Nevada
67 km (41 mi) ESE of Reno, NV · 56 km (35 mi) ESE of Sparks, NV
- When
- 8:40 pm PDT on 14 May 2026 ()
- Where
- 12 km (7 mi) east of Silver Springs, NV · earthquakes near Silver Springs
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Storey County, 37 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Carson lineament, 5 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 111 days ago
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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 20 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Silver Springs, 12 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: Silver Springs 12 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 280 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 55,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 39,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.5× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 280 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 5.7 on 2024-12-09 — about 40,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 15 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.5 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 49 km E of this epicentre
- 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 25 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.2 The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 45 km E of this epicentre
- 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 34 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.9 21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 47 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 39.4244, -119.0889. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storey County, NV | 37 km (23 mi) | W | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Lyon County, NV | 46 km (28 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Carson City, NV | 64 km (40 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Churchill County, NV | 72 km (45 mi) | E | earthquakes near Churchill County |
| Douglas County, NV | 73 km (45 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Alpine County, CA | 108 km (67 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.
- 1.5 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.6 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.6 18 km SSE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 3.4 17 km SSE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 2.0 18 km SSE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 2.8 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 2.1 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.9 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.6 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 2.2 18 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 3.7 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.6 14 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 2.0 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.5 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.9 19 km SSE 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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- 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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