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M 2.7ml

20 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada

Yes. A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 20 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada, at 10:48 pm PDT on 4 August 2026 (05:48 UTC), 6.0 km deep.

· 6.0 km deep · released about 380 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Esmeralda County 23 kmMono County 107 kmInyo County 118 kmMineral County 119 kmNye County 120 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 2.7 (ml)
Depth
6.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Esmeralda County, 23 km NNE
Nearest mapped fault
McAfee Canyon fault, 20 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 79 days ago

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 25 km (16 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 380 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 40,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 29,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 380 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 4.8 on 2022-01-06 — about 1,100 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.1 46km E of Big Pine, California · 47 km S of this epicentre
  2. 5.5 30km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 43 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 5.4 16 km NNW of Dyer, Nevada · 43 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.3 47km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 45 km WNW of this epicentre
  5. 5.0 21 km NNW of Dyer, Nevada · 45 km NW 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 37.5890, -117.7350. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Esmeralda County, NV 23 km (14 mi) NNE earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Mono County, CA 107 km (66 mi) WNW earthquakes near Mono County
Inyo County, CA 118 km (73 mi) SSE earthquakes near Inyo County
Mineral County, NV 119 km (74 mi) NNW earthquakes near Mineral County
Nye County, NV 120 km (74 mi) ENE earthquakes near Nye County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 12 km NW of Silver Peak, Nevada
  2. 1.9 50 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  3. 1.5 26 km S of Dyer, Nevada
  4. 1.5 48 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada
  5. 1.5 52 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  6. 2.2 6 km S of Deep Springs, CA
  7. 1.9 54 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  8. 1.6 49 km E of Big Pine, California
  9. 1.5 51 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  10. 1.8 12 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  11. 1.5 3 km N of Goldfield, Nevada
  12. 1.5 3 km WNW of Goldfield, Nevada
  13. 2.1 52 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  14. 1.6 52 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  15. 2.0 51 km S of Silver Peak, 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.

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