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M 2.9ml

Earthquake near Dollar Point, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Dollar Point in the 24 hours to 9:12 am PST (17:12 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 2.9 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) southeast of Dollar Point, CA, at 8:19 pm PDT on 20 July 2024 (03:19 UTC), 5.3 km deep. 29 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 8 km SSE of Dollar Point, CA

49 km (30 mi) SSW of Reno, NV · 25 km (15 mi) W of Carson, NV

8:19 pm PDT, Jul 20, 2024 · · 5.3 km deep · released about 780 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 25 kmDouglas County 45 kmStorey County 55 kmEl Dorado County 58 kmPlacer County 60 kmAlpine County 60 kmSierra County 65 kmNevada County 66 kmLyon County 73 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
8:19 pm PDT on 20 July 2024 ()
Where
8 km (5 mi) southeast of Dollar Point, CA · earthquakes near Dollar Point
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
5.3 km below the surface
Felt
29 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Carson City, 25 km E
Nearest mapped fault
North Tahoe fault, 1 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 775 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 33 km (21 mi) from the epicentre. In Dollar Point, 8 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Sunnyside-Tahoe City 11 km, intensity III · Tahoe Vista 12 km, intensity III · South Lake Tahoe 23 km, intensity II · Carson City 23 km, intensity II · Truckee 25 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 780 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 19,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 14,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 780 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 370 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.1 4 km S of Carter Springs, Nevada · 48 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 Near Reno, Nevada · 45 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 6 km WNW of Verdi, California · 46 km N of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 9 km NW of Truckee, California · 35 km NW of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 11 km N of Soda Springs, California · 46 km NW 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 39.1337, -120.0337. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Carson City, NV 25 km (15 mi) E earthquakes near Carson City
Douglas County, NV 45 km (28 mi) SE earthquakes near Douglas County
Storey County, NV 55 km (34 mi) NE earthquakes near Storey County
El Dorado County, CA 58 km (36 mi) SW earthquakes near El Dorado County
Placer County, CA 60 km (37 mi) W earthquakes near Placer County
Alpine County, CA 60 km (38 mi) SSE earthquakes near Alpine County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 12 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  2. 2.6 18 km W of Truckee, CA
  3. 1.5 12 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  4. 1.6 12 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  5. 1.8 21 km WNW of Sunnyside-Tahoe City, CA
  6. 1.6 2 km N of Carter Springs, Nevada
  7. 1.8 3 km N of Carter Springs, Nevada
  8. 2.1 3 km SW of Tahoe Vista, CA
  9. 2.5 25 km WNW of Sunnyside-Tahoe City, CA
  10. 2.3 4 km NNE of East Valley, Nevada
  11. 1.8 26 km WNW of Sunnyside-Tahoe City, CA
  12. 2.2 30 km W of Truckee, CA
  13. 3.4 3 km ESE of Mesa Vista, CA
  14. 1.9 15 km of Incline Village-Crystal Bay, NV
  15. 2.7 21 km WNW of Sunnyside-Tahoe City, 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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