Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada
== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada, Reno
Version #912778: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This is a computer-generated message. This event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.
A micro earthquake occurred at 5:08:33 PM (PDT) on Monday, March 16, 2026.
The magnitude 0.5 event occurred 30 km (18 miles) NW of Pahrump, NV.
The hypocentral depth is 16 km (10 miles).
| Magnitude | 0.5 - local magnitude (Ml) |
| Time | Monday, March 16, 2026 at 5:08:33 PM (PDT) Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 0:08:33 (UTC) |
| Distance from |
Pahrump, NV - 30 km (18 miles) NW (317 degrees) Shoshone, CA - 48 km (30 miles) N (4 degrees) Furnace Creek, CA - 55 km (34 miles) E (95 degrees) Tecopa, CA - 62 km (38 miles) N (359 degrees) Beatty, NV - 73 km (45 miles) SE (140 degrees) |
| Coordinates | 36 deg. 24.2 min. N (36.404N), 116 deg. 14.2 min. W (116.236W) |
| Depth | 15.97 km (9.90 miles) |
| Quality | Poor |
| Location Quality Parameters | Nst=8, Nph=8, Dmin=28.4 km, Rmss=0.3898 sec, Erho=0 km, Erzz=2.7099 km, Gp=308 degrees |
| Event ID# | nn00912778 |
| Additional Information | Map |
For more information, see https://earthquake.usgs.gov
[
Index map ||
Big earthquake list ||
All earthquake list ||
Glossary of terms ||
Top page
]
[
Did you feel it? ||
ShakeMaps
|| Relative2Me
]
[ Data Sources ]
Special maps
Long Valley || Los Angeles || San Francisco
Data Sources
US and World - USGS/NEIC = National Earthquake Information Center
Northern California - UCB = University of California, Berkeley
Southern California - Caltech = California Institute of Technology
Nevada - UNR = University of Nevada, Reno
Offshore = West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
...all members of the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS)
