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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Caliente, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Caliente in the 24 hours to 5:04 am PST (13:04 UTC). The last one was M 4.8, 162 km (101 mi) NNW, at 12:01 am PDT on 27 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Caliente
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 23 km (14 mi) south-southeast of Caliente, NV, at 11:43 pm PDT on 9 October 2026 (06:43 UTC), 8.1 km deep.
USGS: 22 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- When
- 11:43 pm PDT on 9 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 23 km (14 mi) south-southeast of Caliente, NV · earthquakes near Caliente
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 46 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Caliente, 23 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 7.3 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 7.3 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 4.2 on 2016-01-15 — about 9,400 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 23 km E of this epicentre
- 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 19 km E of this epicentre
- 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 27 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 19 km E 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 37.4271, -114.4077. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, NV | 46 km (29 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Washington County, UT | 83 km (52 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Iron County, UT | 111 km (69 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Beaver County, UT | 146 km (91 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Beaver County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
2 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.
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 | 21 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada | 22 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada | |
| longitude | -114.39 | -114.41 | |
| latitude | 37.45 | 37.43 | |
| depth | 15.96 | 8.08 | |
| magnitude | 1.66 | 1.59 |
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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