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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

13 km ESE of Sparks, Nevada

· 0.0 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 9 kmCarson City 38 kmLyon County 63 kmDouglas County 64 kmSierra County 78 kmAlpine County 97 kmNevada County 101 kmPlacer County 106 kmEl Dorado County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 9 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3126 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 39.4811, -119.6175. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 9 km (6 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 38 km (24 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Lyon County, NV 63 km (39 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Douglas County, NV 64 km (40 mi) N of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Sierra County, CA 78 km (49 mi) E of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Alpine County, CA 97 km (60 mi) N of here earthquakes near Alpine County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 6 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  2. 2.2 10 km NNE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  3. 2.2 9 km NNE of Glenbrook, Nevada
  4. 1.7 10 km E of Sparks, Nevada
  5. 3.0 4km WSW of Tahoe Vista, CA
  6. 2.3 15 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada
  7. 1.6 0 km WNW of Carnelian Bay, California
  8. 1.6 13 km SE of Sparks, Nevada
  9. 1.7 1 km W of Carnelian Bay, California
  10. 1.9 11 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada
  11. 1.7 9 km SSE of Fernley, Nevada
  12. 1.6 1 km WNW of Carnelian Bay, California
  13. 1.6 8 km NE of Incline Village, Nevada
  14. 2.3 8 km NE of Incline Village, Nevada
  15. 2.0 13 km NW of Virginia City, 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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