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M 2.8md

14km N of Kings Beach, CA

· -2.1 km deep · released about 400 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 33 kmStorey County 43 kmSierra County 49 kmDouglas County 62 kmNevada County 65 kmPlacer County 69 kmEl Dorado County 78 kmLyon County 80 kmAlpine County 85 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
-2.1 km below the surface
Felt
11 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
Carson City, 33 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1981 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 11 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 400 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 38,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 27,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 400 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 39.3660, -120.0180. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Carson City, NV 33 km (21 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 43 km (27 mi) W of here earthquakes near Storey County
Sierra County, CA 49 km (31 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Douglas County, NV 62 km (39 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Nevada County, CA 65 km (41 mi) E of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Placer County, CA 69 km (43 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

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

  1. 2.5 5km NW of Cold Springs, NV
  2. 1.5 5 km SSE of Carson City, Nevada
  3. 1.5 6 km SE of Carson City, Nevada
  4. 1.6 4 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  5. 4.5 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  6. 1.6 5 km ENE of Lemmon Valley, Nevada
  7. 2.4 6 km SW of Cold Springs, Nevada
  8. 1.8 5 km SW of Cold Springs, Nevada
  9. 2.8 17km NNW of Truckee, CA
  10. 2.4 18km NNW of Truckee, CA
  11. 3.7 17km NNW of Truckee, CA
  12. 1.5 6 km SW of Cold Springs, Nevada
  13. 2.0 6 km SW of Cold Springs, Nevada
  14. 2.8 6km WSW of Cold Springs, NV
  15. 1.6 1 km SSE of Golden Valley, 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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