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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Stagecoach, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Stagecoach in the 24 hours to 8:11 pm PST (04:11 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 37 km (23 mi) SE, at 6:36 pm PDT on 4 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Stagecoach
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) west-southwest of Stagecoach, NV, at 11:12 pm PDT on 2 October 2026 (06:12 UTC), 10 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 8 km WSW of Stagecoach, Nevada
42 km (26 mi) SE of Reno, NV · 32 km (20 mi) NE of Carson, NV
- When
- 11:12 pm PDT on 2 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 8 km (5 mi) west-southwest of Stagecoach, NV · earthquakes near Stagecoach
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Storey County, 13 km NNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Carson lineament, 10 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 41 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 Stagecoach, 8 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Dayton, Silver Springs.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 1,600,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 23 km NNE of this epicentre
- 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 21 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 35 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.5 California-Nevada border region · 43 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.5 7 km N of Wadsworth, Nevada · 43 km NNE 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 39.3330, -119.4537. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storey County, NV | 13 km (8 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Carson City, NV | 32 km (20 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Lyon County, NV | 41 km (25 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Douglas County, NV | 49 km (31 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Alpine County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Alpine County |
| Sierra County, CA | 96 km (59 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Sierra County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
28 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 2.3 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.1 5 km NW of Spanish Springs, Nevada
- 1.7 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.8 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.8 18 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 2.2 5 km N of Johnson Lane, Nevada
- 1.8 11 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada
- 1.5 15 km NE of Yerington, Nevada
- 1.5 12 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada
- 1.6 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 2.1 18 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.8 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.6 19 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
- 1.7 13 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.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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