Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 2.8ml
Earthquake near Yerington, NV
USGS: 22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
82 km (51 mi) ESE of Reno, NV
- When
- 6:55 pm PDT on 4 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 22 km (14 mi) NNE of Yerington, NV · earthquakes near Yerington
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lyon County, 21 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Wassuk Range fault, 12 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 2 hours ago
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) NNE of Yerington, NV, at 6:55 pm PDT on 4 October 2026 (01:55 UTC). This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 510 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 30,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 21,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.9× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 510 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 22,000 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 · 48 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.2 The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 50 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 24 km W of this epicentre
- 5.9 21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 39 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.5 California-Nevada border region · 23 km SW 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 39.1608, -119.0403. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon County, NV | 21 km (13 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Storey County, NV | 52 km (32 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Douglas County, NV | 57 km (35 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Carson City, NV | 61 km (38 mi) | W | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Churchill County, NV | 79 km (49 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Churchill County |
| Alpine County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Alpine County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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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