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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

19 km NE of Yerington, Nevada

· 6.5 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lyon County 19 kmStorey County 56 kmDouglas County 56 kmCarson City 63 kmChurchill County 80 kmMineral County 85 kmAlpine County 87 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lyon County, 19 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3163 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 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 39.1227, -119.0192. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lyon County, NV 19 km (12 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Storey County, NV 56 km (35 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Storey County
Douglas County, NV 56 km (35 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Carson City, NV 63 km (39 mi) E of here earthquakes near Carson City
Churchill County, NV 80 km (50 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Churchill County
Mineral County, NV 85 km (53 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Mineral County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 Nevada
  2. 1.5 24 km NE of Schurz, Nevada
  3. 1.9 6 km E of Smith, Nevada
  4. 1.6 12 km N of Walker Lake, Nevada
  5. 2.0 14 km SSW of Schurz, Nevada
  6. 1.6 17 km S of Schurz, Nevada
  7. 2.4 18 km E of Schurz, Nevada
  8. 1.7 7 km NE of Schurz, Nevada
  9. 2.4 9 km NE of Schurz, Nevada
  10. 1.8 26 km SE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  11. 1.5 9 km N of Schurz, Nevada
  12. 1.6 22 km NE of Schurz, Nevada
  13. 1.8 22 km NE of Schurz, Nevada
  14. 2.7 23 km NE of Schurz, Nevada
  15. 2.3 23 km NE of Schurz, 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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