Weak mag. 2.6 earthquake - 40km S of Qualeys Camp, NV, on Friday, May 20, 2022 at 1:16 am (GMT -7) -
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Earlier quakes here | Quakes in the US | Nevada | California
Weak magnitude 2.6 earthquake at 9 km depth
20 May 08:21 UTC: First to report: USGS after 4 minutes.
20 May 15:58: Magnitude recalculated from 2.5 to 2.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 9.3 to 9.4 km (from 5.8 to 5.8 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 0.9 km (0.6 mi) towards WNW.
20 May 15:58: Magnitude recalculated from 2.5 to 2.6. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 9.3 to 9.4 km (from 5.8 to 5.8 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 0.9 km (0.6 mi) towards WNW.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 20, 2022 08:16:49 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Friday, May 20, 2022 at 1:16 am (GMT -7) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.6 |
| Depth | 9.4 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 37.94383°N / 118.54133°W  (Nevada, United States) |
| Antipode | 37.944°S / 61.459°E |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Long Valley (40 km / 25 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 15 km (9 mi) NNW of Benton (California) (pop: 280) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 43 km (27 mi) NNE of Sunny Slopes (California) (pop: 182) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 50 km (31 mi) NE of Mammoth Lakes (California) (pop: 7,950) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 50 km (31 mi) ENE of June Lake (California) (pop: 629) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 65 km (40 mi) S of Hawthorne (pop: 3,270) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 65 km (41 mi) N of West Bishop (California) (pop: 2,610) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 89 km (56 mi) NNW of Big Pine (California) (pop: 1,760) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 94 km (58 mi) ENE of Yosemite Valley (California) (pop: 1,040) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  15.2°C (59 F), humidity: 29%, wind: 4 m/s (8 kts) from N |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 5 x 108 joules (139 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.12 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.6 | 9.4 km | 40km S of Qualeys Camp, NV | USGS |
| 2.5 | 5 km | CENTRAL CALIFORNIA | EMSC |
| 2.6 | 9.4 km | California-Nevada Border Region | RaspberryShake |
User reports for this quake
At magnitude 2.6, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
