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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near East Valley, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in East Valley in the 24 hours to 4:01 am PST (12:01 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 33 km (21 mi) W, at 3:00 am PDT on 2 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 532 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near East Valley
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) southeast of East Valley, NV, at 6:58 am PDT on 3 September 2026 (13:58 UTC), 9.2 km deep.
USGS: 3 km SE of East Valley, Nevada
71 km (44 mi) SSE of Reno, NV · 26 km (16 mi) SSE of Carson, NV
- When
- 6:58 am PDT on 3 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) southeast of East Valley, NV · earthquakes near East Valley
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Douglas County, 6 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- East Carson Valley fault, 1 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 71 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In East Valley, 3 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: Gardnerville Ranchos 7 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 6.0 on 2021-07-08 — about 2,600,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 41 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.1 4 km S of Carter Springs, Nevada · 12 km S of this epicentre
- 5.5 California-Nevada border region · 42 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.1 10 km SE of South Lake Tahoe, California · 21 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.1 8 km ESE of Mesa Vista, California · 17 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 38.9264, -119.6718. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas County, NV | 6 km (4 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Carson City, NV | 26 km (16 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Alpine County, CA | 36 km (22 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Alpine County |
| Lyon County, NV | 42 km (26 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Storey County, NV | 58 km (36 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Storey County |
| El Dorado County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near El Dorado County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
12 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 3 km S of Dollar Point, CA
- 2.2 5 km N of Johnson Lane, Nevada
- 2.1 9 km SE of Dollar Point, CA
- 1.6 7 km ENE of Coleville, California
- 1.9 4 km NNE of Dollar Point, CA
- 2.9 10 km WSW of South Lake Tahoe, CA
- 1.6 8 km WSW of Stagecoach, Nevada
- 3.3 9 km WSW of South Lake Tahoe, CA
- 2.3 20 km E of Markleeville, CA
- 1.6 13 km SE of Markleeville, CA
- 2.0 14 km SE of Markleeville, CA
- 2.0 6 km SSW of Smith Valley, 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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