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M 2.8md

15km NW of Truckee, CA

· 6.6 km deep · released about 400 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sierra County 25 kmNevada County 44 kmPlacer County 56 kmCarson City 56 kmStorey County 66 kmEl Dorado County 75 kmPlumas County 77 kmDouglas County 83 kmYuba County 92 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
6.6 km below the surface
Felt
17 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Sierra County, 25 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2101 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 17 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 39.4340, -120.2928. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sierra County, CA 25 km (16 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Nevada County, CA 44 km (27 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Placer County, CA 56 km (34 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Placer County
Carson City, NV 56 km (35 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 66 km (41 mi) W of here earthquakes near Storey County
El Dorado County, CA 75 km (47 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near El Dorado County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.7 8km SE of Dollar Point, CA
  2. 1.5 6 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  3. 2.6 4km W of Tahoe Vista, CA
  4. 2.0 3km WSW of Whitehawk, CA
  5. 1.5 8 km NE of Truckee, California
  6. 1.6 16 km NNW of Truckee, California
  7. 1.8 9 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  8. 1.8 9 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  9. 1.5 12 km W of Virginia City, Nevada
  10. 1.8 3 km SSE of Sattley, California
  11. 2.1 18km WSW of Loyalton, CA
  12. 2.0 9 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  13. 2.7 10km SSE of Beckwourth, CA
  14. 2.0 16km SW of Loyalton, CA
  15. 1.6 10 km NW of Truckee, California

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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