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M 1.7ml

5 km WNW of Topaz Lake, Nevada

· 12 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Alpine County 20 kmDouglas County 21 kmLyon County 48 kmCarson City 50 kmStorey County 80 kmEl Dorado County 81 kmTuolumne County 84 kmAmador County 97 kmCalaveras County 102 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Alpine County, 20 km WSW
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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 38.7203, -119.6008. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Alpine County, CA 20 km (13 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Douglas County, NV 21 km (13 mi) S of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Lyon County, NV 48 km (30 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Carson City, NV 50 km (31 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 80 km (50 mi) S of here earthquakes near Storey County
El Dorado County, CA 81 km (50 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

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

  1. 2.3 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  2. 1.9 Nevada
  3. 2.1 6 km SE of Carson City, Nevada
  4. 2.3 8km SSE of Markleeville, CA
  5. 1.6 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  6. 3.2 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  7. 1.7 6 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  8. 3.6 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  9. 1.6 29 km WSW of Walker Lake, Nevada
  10. 1.8 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  11. 1.6 5 km SE of Carson City, Nevada
  12. 3.2 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  13. 1.5 6 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  14. 1.6 7 km SSE of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada
  15. 1.5 3 km SW 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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