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M 2.9md

15 km S of Kingvale, California

· -0.9 km deep · released about 780 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Placer County 26 kmNevada County 30 kmSierra County 44 kmEl Dorado County 45 kmCarson City 62 kmYuba County 77 kmDouglas County 80 kmAmador County 84 kmAlpine County 85 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (md)
Depth
-0.9 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Placer County, 26 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3380 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 780 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 19,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 14,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 780 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.

Where

Epicentre 39.1818, -120.4615. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Placer County, CA 26 km (16 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Placer County
Nevada County, CA 30 km (18 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Sierra County, CA 44 km (27 mi) S of here earthquakes near Sierra County
El Dorado County, CA 45 km (28 mi) N of here earthquakes near El Dorado County
Carson City, NV 62 km (38 mi) W of here earthquakes near Carson City
Yuba County, CA 77 km (48 mi) E of here earthquakes near Yuba County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.6 5 km SSE of Floriston, California
  2. 2.3 8 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  3. 1.8 6 km S of Floriston, California
  4. 1.5 6 km S of Floriston, California
  5. 1.6 2 km WSW of Sattley, California
  6. 1.8 6 km S of Sattley, California
  7. 2.2 2 km ESE of Sattley, California
  8. 1.8 2 km ESE of Sattley, California
  9. 2.4 2 km WNW of Sierraville, California
  10. 1.9 4 km SSE of Sierra City, California
  11. 1.5 13 km SE of Sierraville, California
  12. 2.1 13 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  13. 2.1 8 km SSE of Floriston, California
  14. 1.5 8 km SSE of Floriston, California
  15. 1.9 8 km N of Incline Village, Nevada

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.

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