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M 2.8ml
Earthquake near Silver Springs, NV
Yes. A magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 20 km (12 mi) ESE of Silver Springs, NV, at 2:34 am PDT on 15 October 2026 (09:34 UTC), 8.6 km deep. No felt reports to USGS yet.
USGS: 20 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
75 km (47 mi) ESE of Reno, NV
- When
- 2:34 am PDT on 15 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 20 km (12 mi) ESE of Silver Springs, NV · earthquakes near Silver Springs
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lyon County, 38 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Carson lineament, 16 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 9 hours ago
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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 24 km (15 mi) from the epicentre. In Silver Springs, 20 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.
Likely felt in: Silver Springs 20 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 400 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 38,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 27,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 400 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 28,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 15 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.5 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 43 km E of this epicentre
- 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada · 35 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.2 The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 40 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 32 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.9 21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 37 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 39.3368, -119.0150. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon County, NV | 38 km (24 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Storey County, NV | 45 km (28 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Carson City, NV | 66 km (41 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Carson City |
| Churchill County, NV | 68 km (42 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Churchill County |
| Douglas County, NV | 70 km (44 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Alpine County, CA | 104 km (65 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.
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 | 19 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada | 20 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada | |
| longitude | -119.02 | -119.01 | |
| latitude | 39.34 | 39.34 | |
| depth | 11.3 | 8.65 |
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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