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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

12 km N of Spanish Springs, Nevada

· 7.3 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 39 kmCarson City 68 kmSierra County 74 kmLyon County 93 kmDouglas County 96 kmPlumas County 99 kmNevada County 106 kmWashoe County 108 kmPlacer County 118 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 2.6 (ml)
Depth
7.3 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Storey County, 39 km SSE
Nearest mapped fault
Spanish Springs Valley fault, 4 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 1514 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 39.7645, -119.6985. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 39 km (24 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 68 km (42 mi) N of here earthquakes near Carson City
Sierra County, CA 74 km (46 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Lyon County, NV 93 km (58 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Douglas County, NV 96 km (60 mi) N of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Plumas County, CA 99 km (62 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Plumas 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 11 km NW of Wadsworth, Nevada
  2. 1.6 17 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  3. 1.6 13 km SE of Sparks, Nevada
  4. 2.0 13 km ESE of Sparks, Nevada
  5. 1.6 5 km WNW of Wadsworth, Nevada
  6. 1.7 6 km WNW of Wadsworth, Nevada
  7. 1.9 6 km WNW of Wadsworth, Nevada
  8. 1.7 18km NNE of Chilcoot-Vinton, CA
  9. 1.6 10 km NNW of Nixon, Nevada
  10. 2.1 12 km E of Chilcoot-Vinton, California
  11. 1.8 12 km SE of Sparks, Nevada
  12. 2.5 17km NNE of Chilcoot-Vinton, CA
  13. 1.5 4 km NW of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  14. 1.5 17 km SW of Wadsworth, Nevada
  15. 2.0 13 km ESE of Sparks, 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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