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M 2.4md

4km W of Tahoe Vista, CA

· -1.9 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 32 kmSierra County 52 kmStorey County 55 kmDouglas County 56 kmPlacer County 57 kmNevada County 58 kmEl Dorado County 62 kmAlpine County 73 kmLyon County 82 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
-1.9 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Carson City, 32 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2959 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 92,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 39.2340, -120.1025. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Carson City, NV 32 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Carson City
Sierra County, CA 52 km (33 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Storey County, NV 55 km (34 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Douglas County, NV 56 km (35 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Placer County, CA 57 km (35 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Placer County
Nevada County, CA 58 km (36 mi) E of here earthquakes near Nevada County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 3 km S of Floriston, California
  2. 1.5 3 km S of Floriston, California
  3. 1.9 7 km SW of Virginia City, Nevada
  4. 3.7 8 km SW of Virginia City, Nevada
  5. 1.9 7 km SW of Virginia City, Nevada
  6. 2.4 8 km SW of Virginia City, Nevada
  7. 2.8 14km N of Kings Beach, CA
  8. 2.6 14km N of Tahoe Vista, CA
  9. 1.6 7 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  10. 2.3 10km NNW of Truckee, CA
  11. 1.5 13 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  12. 2.4 21km NNW of Truckee, CA
  13. 1.6 12 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  14. 2.9 10km SW of Cold Springs, NV
  15. 2.8 17km SSE of Whitehawk, 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.

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