QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

12km N of Kings Beach, CA

· -1.3 km deep · released about 40 lb of TNT

Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 32 kmStorey County 44 kmSierra County 50 kmDouglas County 60 kmNevada County 65 kmPlacer County 68 kmEl Dorado County 76 kmLyon County 79 kmAlpine County 83 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
-1.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Carson City, 32 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3139 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 40 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 380,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 270,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 24× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 40 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 39.3443, -120.0207. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Carson City, NV 32 km (20 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 44 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Sierra County, CA 50 km (31 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Douglas County, NV 60 km (38 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Nevada County, CA 65 km (40 mi) E of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Placer County, CA 68 km (42 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Placer County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 0 km WNW of Skyland, Nevada
  2. 1.7 1 km W of Carnelian Bay, California
  3. 1.6 4 km WSW of Sattley, California
  4. 1.5 4 km WSW of Sattley, California
  5. 1.6 5 km WSW of Sattley, California
  6. 1.6 1 km WNW of Carnelian Bay, California
  7. 1.6 8 km NE of Incline Village, Nevada
  8. 2.3 8 km NE of Incline Village, Nevada
  9. 2.0 13 km NW of Virginia City, Nevada
  10. 2.7 8 km NE of Incline Village, Nevada
  11. 1.5 13 km ESE of Sparks, Nevada
  12. 1.5 7 km N of Incline Village, Nevada
  13. 2.2 26km W of Sunnyside-Tahoe City, CA
  14. 1.5 13 km SE of Sparks, Nevada
  15. 2.3 26km WNW of Sunnyside-Tahoe City, CA

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

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.