Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Hawthorne, NV
Yes. A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 39 km (24 mi) SE of Hawthorne, NV, at 12:11 am PDT on 11 October 2026 (07:11 UTC), 12 km deep. No felt reports to USGS yet. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 25 km SW of Mina, Nevada
- When
- 12:11 am PDT on 11 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 39 km (24 mi) SE of Hawthorne, NV · earthquakes near Hawthorne
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mineral County, 30 km NNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Huntoon Valley fault system, 6 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 1 hour ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Hawthorne, 39 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 260 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 59,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 42,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.7× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 260 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 6.5 on 2020-05-15 — about 660,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 31 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.3 The 1934 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada Earthquake · 4 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada · 41 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.6 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada (Foreshock) · 7 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.6 37 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 35 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.5 Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada · 41 km SE 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 38.2519, -118.3419. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral County, NV | 30 km (19 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Mono County, CA | 60 km (37 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 81 km (51 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Lyon County, NV | 113 km (70 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Douglas County, NV | 132 km (82 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Douglas 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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.