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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Alamo, NV

USGS: 42 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada

8:12 am PDT, Sep 11, 2016 · · 9.1 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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When
8:12 am PDT on 11 September 2016 ()
Where
42 km (26 mi) ESE of Alamo, NV · earthquakes near Alamo
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
9.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lincoln County, 49 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3015 days ago

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 42 km (26 mi) ESE of Alamo, NV, at 8:12 am PDT on 11 September 2016 (15:12 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 11 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 43 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · 33 km SW 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 37.2079, -114.7285. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lincoln County, NV 49 km (30 mi) NNW earthquakes near Lincoln County
Washington County, UT 110 km (68 mi) E earthquakes near Washington County
Clark County, NV 113 km (70 mi) SSW earthquakes near Clark County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 39 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  2. 1.7 13 km NNE of Alamo, Nevada
  3. 2.0 48 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
  4. 2.0 35 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  5. 1.6 32 km E of Alamo, Nevada
  6. 1.8 11 km NE of Alamo, Nevada
  7. 2.5 11 km NE of Alamo, Nevada
  8. 1.8 49 km S of Caliente, Nevada
  9. 2.0 42 km S of Alamo, Nevada
  10. 3.0 1 km W of Caliente, Nevada
  11. 1.8 1 km W of Caliente, Nevada
  12. 1.9 39 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  13. 2.1 35 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  14. 1.6 37 km S of Caliente, Nevada
  15. 1.9 41 km ESE of Alamo, 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.

On USGS

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