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M 1.7ml

10 km NNE of Incline Village, Nevada

· 11 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 25 kmStorey County 35 kmDouglas County 54 kmSierra County 59 kmLyon County 71 kmNevada County 74 kmPlacer County 76 kmAlpine County 80 kmEl Dorado County 81 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Carson City, 25 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3086 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 39.3337, -119.9104. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Carson City, NV 25 km (15 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 35 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Douglas County, NV 54 km (34 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Sierra County, CA 59 km (37 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Lyon County, NV 71 km (44 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Nevada County, CA 74 km (46 mi) E of here earthquakes near Nevada County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 17km WSW of Truckee, CA
  2. 1.6 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  3. 3.2 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  4. 1.7 6 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  5. 3.6 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  6. 1.6 3 km SSE of Soda Springs, California
  7. 1.5 4 km SSE of Soda Springs, California
  8. 1.8 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  9. 1.6 5 km SE of Carson City, Nevada
  10. 3.2 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  11. 1.5 6 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  12. 2.2 9 km NNE of Glenbrook, Nevada
  13. 1.7 10 km E of Sparks, Nevada
  14. 3.0 4km WSW of Tahoe Vista, CA
  15. 1.6 0 km WNW of Carnelian Bay, 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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