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M 1.5ml

6 km NW of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada

· 10 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Douglas County 14 kmAlpine County 28 kmLyon County 41 kmCarson City 44 kmStorey County 73 kmEl Dorado County 85 kmTuolumne County 92 kmAmador County 103 kmMineral County 103 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Douglas County, 14 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3009 days ago

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.

Where

Epicentre 38.7827, -119.5534. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Douglas County, NV 14 km (9 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Alpine County, CA 28 km (17 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Lyon County, NV 41 km (25 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Carson City, NV 44 km (28 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 73 km (45 mi) S of here earthquakes near Storey County
El Dorado County, CA 85 km (53 mi) E 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

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

  1. 1.5 19 km E of Walker, California
  2. 1.9 9 km ESE of Mesa Vista, California
  3. 1.7 19 km E of Walker, California
  4. 2.0 7 km S of Carter Springs, Nevada
  5. 1.7 11 km SE of Smith Valley, Nevada
  6. 2.3 4km N of Markleeville, CA
  7. 2.0 8 km ENE of Topaz, California
  8. 1.8 3 km SSW of Markleeville, California
  9. 2.3 6km SE of Markleeville, CA
  10. 1.6 5 km SE of Markleeville, California
  11. 1.5 2 km NNW of Mesa Vista, California
  12. 1.5 2 km NNW of Mesa Vista, California
  13. 2.5 4km N of Mesa Vista, CA
  14. 1.6 2 km NNW of Mesa Vista, California
  15. 1.5 5 km WNW of Topaz Lake, 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.

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