Earthquake near Carlin, NV

USGS: 10 km ENE of Carlin, Nevada

3:49 am PDT, Sep 4, 2017 · 2017-09-04 10:49 UTC · 2.1 km deep · released about 1.9 tons of TNT

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When: 3:49 am PDT on 4 September 2017 (2017-09-04 10:49 UTC)
Where: 11 km (7 mi) ENE of Carlin, NV · earthquakes near Carlin
Magnitude: M 3.4 (ml)
Depth: 2.1 km below the surface
Felt: 4 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Measured shaking: intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest: Elko County, 68 km NE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1564 days ago · we first saw it 1564 days ago

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) ENE of Carlin, NV, at 3:49 am PDT on 4 September 2017 (10:49 UTC). 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS. This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Elko.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1.9 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 89,000× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 4,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,800× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 3.4 about 1.9 tons of TNT
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 4× more

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:

5.1 21 km NNE of Crescent Valley, Nevada · 46 km WSW of this epicentre Sep 18, 1945
5.0 Near Elko, Nevada · 25 km E of this epicentre Jul 26, 1901

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

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Epicentre 40.7651, -115.9973. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Elko County, NV	68 km (43 mi)	NE	earthquakes near Elko County
Eureka County, NV	91 km (56 mi)	SSW	earthquakes near Eureka County
Lander County, NV	131 km (81 mi)	SW	earthquakes near Lander 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.

1.6 44 km NNW of Carlin, Nevada 21:38 UTC
2.1 35 km NW of Carlin, Nevada 21:05 UTC
2.1 41 km NW of Carlin, Nevada 01:47 UTC
2.2 39 km NW of Carlin, Nevada 01:57 UTC
1.6 38 km NW of Carlin, Nevada 21:04 UTC
2.0 39 km NW of Carlin, Nevada 02:06 UTC
1.9 41 km NW of Carlin, Nevada 21:18 UTC
2.0 34 km NW of Carlin, Nevada 20:53 UTC
2.1 18 km SE of Carlin, Nevada 20:17 UTC
1.7 39 km NW of Carlin, Nevada 01:54 UTC
1.7 17 km SSW of Elko, Nevada 07:04 UTC
2.7 18 km SSW of Elko, Nevada 06:41 UTC
1.5 Nevada 02:00 UTC
2.0 39 km NW of Carlin, Nevada 21:23 UTC
1.9 Nevada 18:41 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 02:06 UTC. 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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