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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Fallon, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Fallon in the 24 hours to 6:10 pm PST (02:10 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 24 km (15 mi) SW, at 12:51 am PDT on 22 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Fallon
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 49 km (30 mi) east-northeast of Fallon, NV, at 6:19 am PDT on 18 May 2026 (13:19 UTC), 6.6 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 47 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
- When
- 6:19 am PDT on 18 May 2026 ()
- Where
- 49 km (30 mi) east-northeast of Fallon, NV · earthquakes near Fallon
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity I
- Nearest
- Churchill County, 12 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- Dixie Valley fault, 6 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 178 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 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Fallon, 49 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 35 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 22 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.9 The 1954 Dixie Valley, Nevada Earthquake · 33 km E of this epicentre
- 6.5 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 37 km SW of this epicentre
- 6.2 The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 36 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.8 40 km S of Lovelock, Nevada · 26 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.8 48 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 42 km SSE 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 39.6429, -118.2547. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill County, NV | 12 km (7 mi) | S | earthquakes near Churchill County |
| Pershing County, NV | 90 km (56 mi) | N | earthquakes near Pershing County |
| Lyon County, NV | 106 km (66 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Lander County, NV | 107 km (67 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Lander County |
| Storey County, NV | 111 km (69 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Douglas County, NV | 143 km (89 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Douglas County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
6 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 26 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada
- 1.8 25 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada
- 1.8 35 km S of Lovelock, Nevada
- 1.7 34 km SSE of Lovelock, Nevada
- 1.6 25 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada
- 2.1 66 km ENE of Fallon Station, 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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