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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

2 km N of Reno, Nevada

· 7.8 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 28 kmCarson City 45 kmSierra County 61 kmDouglas County 74 kmLyon County 80 kmNevada County 87 kmPlacer County 95 kmPlumas County 99 kmAlpine County 104 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
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
7.8 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Storey County, 28 km ESE
Nearest mapped fault
Mount Rose fault, 14 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 3313 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 39.5556, -119.8157. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 28 km (18 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 45 km (28 mi) N of here earthquakes near Carson City
Sierra County, CA 61 km (38 mi) E of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Douglas County, NV 74 km (46 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Lyon County, NV 80 km (50 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Nevada County, CA 87 km (54 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Nevada 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 10 km NNE of Incline Village, Nevada
  2. 1.7 18km NNE of Chilcoot-Vinton, CA
  3. 2.6 8 km SE of Floriston, California
  4. 2.1 12 km E of Chilcoot-Vinton, California
  5. 1.8 12 km SE of Sparks, Nevada
  6. 2.5 17km NNE of Chilcoot-Vinton, CA
  7. 1.5 4 km NW of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  8. 2.0 13 km NNE of Soda Springs, California
  9. 2.6 9km NNW of Loyalton, CA
  10. 1.5 5 km SSE of Floriston, California
  11. 1.5 17 km SW of Wadsworth, Nevada
  12. 2.0 13 km ESE of Sparks, Nevada
  13. 1.9 10km NNW of Loyalton, CA
  14. 2.5 10km NNW of Loyalton, CA
  15. 1.5 5 km S of Floriston, 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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