Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.8ml
24 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada
Yes. A magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 24 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada, at 4:36 am PST on 3 November 2026 (12:36 UTC), 13 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lyon County, 55 km W
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 10 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 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 930,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 660,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 59× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 680,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 23 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.5 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 37 km N of this epicentre
- 6.2 The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 41 km N of this epicentre
- 5.9 21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 22 km N of this epicentre
- 5.8 48 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 45 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.7 16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada · 41 km N 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 39.0509, -118.5567. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon County, NV | 55 km (34 mi) | W | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Churchill County, NV | 60 km (37 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Churchill County |
| Mineral County, NV | 61 km (38 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Douglas County, NV | 92 km (57 mi) | W | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Storey County, NV | 94 km (58 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Storey County |
| Carson City, NV | 103 km (64 mi) | W | earthquakes near Carson City |
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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