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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Yerington, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Yerington in the 24 hours to 6:14 pm PST (02:14 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 22 km (14 mi) NNE, at 6:55 pm PDT on 4 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Yerington
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 25 km (16 mi) north-northeast of Yerington, NV, at 4:13 am PDT on 4 October 2026 (11:13 UTC), 8.4 km deep.
USGS: 25 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
84 km (52 mi) ESE of Reno, NV
- When
- 4:13 am PDT on 4 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 25 km (16 mi) north-northeast of Yerington, NV · earthquakes near Yerington
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lyon County, 24 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Wassuk Range fault, 10 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 40 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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Yerington, 25 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 17 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 870,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 620,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 55× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 640,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 15 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.5 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 48 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 48 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.2 The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 47 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 27 km W of this epicentre
- 5.9 21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 36 km ENE 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 39.1766, -119.0064. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon County, NV | 24 km (15 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Storey County, NV | 53 km (33 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Douglas County, NV | 60 km (37 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Carson City, NV | 64 km (40 mi) | W | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Churchill County, NV | 75 km (47 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Churchill County |
| Mineral County, NV | 89 km (56 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Mineral County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
26 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
- 1.7 17 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.8 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.8 24 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada
- 1.8 18 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
- 1.8 25 km ESE of Fallon Station, 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
- 1.7 13 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada
- 1.5 13 km E of Fernley, Nevada
- 2.3 14 km E 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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| review status | automatic | reviewed | |
| location | 24 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada | 25 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada | |
| longitude | -119.01 | -119.01 | |
| latitude | 39.17 | 39.18 | |
| depth | 7.62 | 8.4 | |
| magnitude | 1.61 | 1.84 |
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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