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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Alamo, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Alamo in the 24 hours to 3:31 pm PST (23:31 UTC). The last one was M 3.6, 33 km (21 mi) SSW, at 12:44 am PDT on 30 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Alamo
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 29 km (18 mi) south-southwest of Alamo, NV, at 8:43 pm PDT on 9 October 2026 (03:43 UTC), 11 km deep.
USGS: 29 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
99 km (62 mi) N of Las Vegas, NV
- When
- 8:43 pm PDT on 9 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 29 km (18 mi) south-southwest of Alamo, NV · earthquakes near Alamo
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 69 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 34 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 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Alamo, 29 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 31 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 31 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 4.4 on 2026-04-29 — about 4,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 43 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · 30 km ESE 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 37.1257, -115.3016. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, NV | 69 km (43 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Clark County, NV | 105 km (65 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Nye County, NV | 138 km (86 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Nye 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 28 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.7 28 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.5 26 km SW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.6 33 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.9 20 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.7 25 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.6 29 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.5 29 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.7 29 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 2.0 30 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.9 28 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 2.3 29 km SSW of Alamo, 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 | 27 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada | 29 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada | |
| longitude | -115.27 | -115.3 | |
| latitude | 37.13 | 37.13 | |
| depth | 0.9 | 11.12 | |
| magnitude | 2.04 | 2.01 |
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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