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M 1.5ml

5 km SE of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada

· 12 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Douglas County 26 kmAlpine County 31 kmLyon County 42 kmCarson City 56 kmStorey County 82 kmTuolumne County 88 kmMineral County 92 kmEl Dorado County 94 kmMono County 101 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Douglas County, 26 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3010 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 38.7004, -119.4529. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Douglas County, NV 26 km (16 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Alpine County, CA 31 km (19 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Lyon County, NV 42 km (26 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Carson City, NV 56 km (35 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 82 km (51 mi) S of here earthquakes near Storey County
Tuolumne County, CA 88 km (54 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 2 km NNW of Mesa Vista, California
  2. 1.5 2 km NNW of Mesa Vista, California
  3. 2.5 4km N of Mesa Vista, CA
  4. 1.6 2 km NNW of Mesa Vista, California
  5. 1.5 5 km WNW of Topaz Lake, Nevada
  6. 1.6 4 km WNW of Topaz Lake, Nevada
  7. 2.8 16km E of Markleeville, CA
  8. 1.8 18km W of Bridgeport, CA
  9. 2.2 18km W of Bridgeport, CA
  10. 2.5 7km SSW of Markleeville, CA
  11. 1.6 1 km SW of Walker, California
  12. 1.6 6 km SE of Carter Springs, Nevada
  13. 1.8 3 km NW of Topaz, California
  14. 1.7 10 km SE of Markleeville, California
  15. 1.8 11 km SE of Markleeville, 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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