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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5md

17km NW of Walker, CA

· -1.4 km deep · released about 190 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Alpine County 16 kmDouglas County 31 kmLyon County 57 kmCarson City 59 kmTuolumne County 74 kmEl Dorado County 82 kmStorey County 90 kmAmador County 93 kmCalaveras County 96 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
-1.4 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Alpine County, 16 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1128 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 190 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 78,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 55,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 190 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 38.6295, -119.6115. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Alpine County, CA 16 km (10 mi) E of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Douglas County, NV 31 km (19 mi) S of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Lyon County, NV 57 km (35 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Carson City, NV 59 km (37 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Tuolumne County, CA 74 km (46 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
El Dorado County, CA 82 km (51 mi) ESE 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

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

  1. 1.7 9 km WNW of Bridgeport, California
  2. 3.0 10 km WNW of Bridgeport, CA
  3. 1.7 5 km W of Walker, California
  4. 1.7 1 km NE of East Valley, Nevada
  5. 1.9 4 km W of Walker, California
  6. 2.2 4 km NNW of Walker, CA
  7. 2.3 8 km WNW of Walker, CA
  8. 2.3 9 km NW of Bridgeport, CA
  9. 2.8 8 km NW of Bridgeport, CA
  10. 2.6 8 km NW of Bridgeport, CA
  11. 2.4 5 km NNW of Walker, CA
  12. 1.5 4 km SE of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada
  13. 1.7 1 km SSE of Coleville, California
  14. 2.5 13 km NE of Walker, California
  15. 2.5 5 km NNW of Walker, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 6.0 on 2021-07-08 — it released about 150,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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