Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.6ml
50 km S of Caliente, Nevada
Yes. A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 50 km S of Caliente, Nevada, at 8:57 pm PDT on 9 October 2026 (03:57 UTC), 8.7 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 57 km NNW
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 33 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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. 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 6.6 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 2,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 4.0 on 2025-06-06 — about 4,600 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 50 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 44 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 15 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 44 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.0 43 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · 40 km WSW 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 37.1662, -114.6051. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, NV | 57 km (35 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Washington County, UT | 100 km (62 mi) | E | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Clark County, NV | 112 km (70 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Iron County, UT | 141 km (88 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Iron County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has 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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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