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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Fallon, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Fallon in the 24 hours to 2:24 pm PST (22:24 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 12 km (8 mi) northwest of Fallon, NV, at 3:18 pm PDT on 14 September 2026 (22:18 UTC), 7.5 km deep.

USGS: 12 km NW of Fallon, Nevada

85 km (53 mi) E of Reno, NV

3:18 pm PDT, Sep 14, 2026 · · 7.5 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Churchill County 51 kmStorey County 58 kmLyon County 67 kmCarson City 89 kmDouglas County 97 kmPershing County 105 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
3:18 pm PDT on 14 September 2026 ()
Where
12 km (8 mi) northwest of Fallon, NV · earthquakes near Fallon
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
7.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Churchill County, 51 km E
Nearest mapped fault
Sagouse 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 59 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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Fallon, 12 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 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. 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 5.7 on 2024-12-09 — about 1,000,000 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. 6.5 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 36 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 42 km W of this epicentre
  3. 6.2 The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 30 km ESE of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 42 km SSE of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 40 km S of Lovelock, Nevada · 44 km NE 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 39.5622, -118.8626. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Churchill County, NV 51 km (32 mi) E earthquakes near Churchill County
Storey County, NV 58 km (36 mi) WSW earthquakes near Storey County
Lyon County, NV 67 km (41 mi) SSW earthquakes near Lyon County
Carson City, NV 89 km (55 mi) WSW earthquakes near Carson City
Douglas County, NV 97 km (60 mi) SW earthquakes near Douglas County
Pershing County, NV 105 km (65 mi) NNE earthquakes near Pershing County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  2. 2.3 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  3. 1.7 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  4. 1.8 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  5. 1.8 18 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  6. 1.5 26 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  7. 1.8 25 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  8. 1.5 12 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada
  9. 1.6 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  10. 2.1 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  11. 1.8 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  12. 1.7 13 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada
  13. 1.5 13 km E of Fernley, Nevada
  14. 2.3 14 km E of Fernley, Nevada
  15. 1.9 14 km ESE of Fernley, 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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