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M 2.1ml

66 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada

Yes. A magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 66 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada, at 5:37 am PDT on 19 June 2026 (12:37 UTC), 10 km deep.

· 10 km deep · released about 51 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Churchill County 26 kmLander County 87 kmPershing County 90 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Churchill County, 26 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
Dixie Valley fault, 9 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 143 days ago

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. 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 51 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 210,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 51 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 4.1 on 2019-04-28 — about 840 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 14 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.9 The 1954 Dixie Valley, Nevada Earthquake · 14 km E of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 40 km S of Lovelock, Nevada · 40 km WNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 48 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 46 km S of this epicentre
  4. 5.7 47 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada · 34 km SSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 48 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 46 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 39.6858, -118.0274. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Churchill County, NV 26 km (16 mi) SW earthquakes near Churchill County
Lander County, NV 87 km (54 mi) ENE earthquakes near Lander County
Pershing County, NV 90 km (56 mi) NNW earthquakes near Pershing County
Lyon County, NV 125 km (78 mi) SW earthquakes near Lyon County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

9 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.7 60 km NW of Austin, Nevada
  2. 2.9 55 km NNE of Gabbs, Nevada
  3. 1.8 35 km S of Lovelock, Nevada
  4. 1.7 34 km SSE of Lovelock, Nevada
  5. 1.5 44 km WNW of Austin, Nevada
  6. 1.9 57 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
  7. 1.9 56 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
  8. 1.8 44 km W of Austin, Nevada
  9. 1.6 72 km NW of Austin, 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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