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M 1.6md

Earthquake near Dollar Point, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Dollar Point in the 24 hours to 7:28 am PST (15:28 UTC). The last one was M 1.7, 3 km (2 mi) S, at 4:21 am PST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Dollar Point

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Dollar Point, CA, at 11:10 pm PST on 15 December 2022 (07:10 UTC), 5.2 km deep.

USGS: 3km ENE of Dollar Point, CA

43 km (27 mi) SSW of Reno, NV · 28 km (18 mi) W of Carson, NV

11:10 pm PST, Dec 15, 2022 · · 5.2 km deep · released about 8.1 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Dollar Point Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 28 kmDouglas County 52 kmStorey County 54 kmSierra County 57 kmPlacer County 58 kmEl Dorado County 61 kmNevada County 61 kmAlpine County 69 kmLyon County 78 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
11:10 pm PST on 15 December 2022 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Dollar Point, CA · earthquakes near Dollar Point
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
5.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Carson City, 28 km E
Nearest mapped fault
West Tahoe-Dollar Point fault, 3 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1427 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Dollar Point, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Likely felt in: Tahoe Vista 5 km, intensity II · Sunnyside-Tahoe City 10 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 8.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.7 on 2021-05-07 — about 35,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 41 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 39 km N of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 27 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 5.3 11 km N of Soda Springs, California · 38 km NW of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 1 km NNE of Verdi, Nevada · 37 km NNE of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 39.2015, -120.0702. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Carson City, NV 28 km (18 mi) E earthquakes near Carson City
Douglas County, NV 52 km (32 mi) SE earthquakes near Douglas County
Storey County, NV 54 km (33 mi) ENE earthquakes near Storey County
Sierra County, CA 57 km (35 mi) NW earthquakes near Sierra County
Placer County, CA 58 km (36 mi) WSW earthquakes near Placer County
El Dorado County, CA 61 km (38 mi) SW earthquakes near El Dorado County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  2. 1.6 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  3. 1.6 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  4. 1.6 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  5. 2.3 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  6. 1.6 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  7. 1.6 6 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  8. 2.0 Nevada
  9. 2.6 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  10. 2.0 6 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  11. 1.8 6 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  12. 2.0 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  13. 1.7 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  14. 2.9 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  15. 1.6 9 km SSE of Sierraville, 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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