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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Tonopah, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Tonopah in the 24 hours to 8:40 pm PST (04:40 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 55 km (34 mi) W, at 1:52 am PDT on 25 May 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 5 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Tonopah
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 44 km (27 mi) northeast of Tonopah, NV, at 7:33 am PDT on 8 June 2026 (14:33 UTC), 9.6 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 43 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
- When
- 7:33 am PDT on 8 June 2026 ()
- Where
- 44 km (27 mi) northeast of Tonopah, NV · earthquakes near Tonopah
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Nye County, 48 km SE
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 158 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 Tonopah, 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 6.2 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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 4.5 on 2026-05-05 — about 25,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 49 km NNE of Tonopah, Nevada · 34 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.0 74 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 38 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 38.2915, -116.8218. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nye County, NV | 48 km (30 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Nye County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 91 km (57 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 74 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.6 30 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.6 89 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.6 73 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.7 74 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 2.8 75 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.9 76 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.7 77 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.5 45 km E of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.6 76 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.6 46 km E of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.8 75 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.6 77 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 1.5 76 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada
- 2.3 76 km ENE of Tonopah, 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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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