LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
21 km W of Preston, Nevada
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 21 km W of Preston, Nevada on 27 Sept 2026, 07:01 UTC. The hypocentre was 4.4 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. The figures have been revised 5 times since the first report.
- Depth
- 4.4 km
- Latitude
- 38.93°N
- Time
- 07:01 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.8
shallow
115.31°W longitude
27 Sept 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 4.8
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 500 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 239 tonnes of TNT.
4.4 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
11 Nov 2026, 22:03 UTC · 10 km deep
11 Nov 2026, 21:15 UTC · 10 km deep
11 Nov 2026, 19:50 UTC · 527.6 km deep
11 Nov 2026, 19:21 UTC · 34.9 km deep