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M 1.6ml

2 km NNW of Mesa Vista, California

· 11 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Douglas County 19 kmAlpine County 23 kmCarson City 36 kmLyon County 57 kmEl Dorado County 63 kmStorey County 72 kmPlacer County 83 kmAmador County 85 kmTuolumne County 91 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Douglas County, 19 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3038 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 38.8289, -119.8073. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Douglas County, NV 19 km (12 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Alpine County, CA 23 km (14 mi) N of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Carson City, NV 36 km (23 mi) S of here earthquakes near Carson City
Lyon County, NV 57 km (35 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
El Dorado County, CA 63 km (39 mi) E of here earthquakes near El Dorado County
Storey County, NV 72 km (45 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Storey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 7 km E of Carson City, Nevada
  2. 1.6 1 km SW of Glenbrook, Nevada
  3. 2.4 9km NE of Markleeville, CA
  4. 1.6 7 km SSW of Markleeville, California
  5. 1.9 7 km SW of Virginia City, Nevada
  6. 3.7 8 km SW of Virginia City, Nevada
  7. 1.9 7 km SW of Virginia City, Nevada
  8. 2.4 8 km SW of Virginia City, Nevada
  9. 2.1 24km SSW of Smith Valley, NV
  10. 1.5 California-Nevada border region
  11. 2.4 19km E of Markleeville, CA
  12. 2.5 8km NE of Markleeville, CA
  13. 2.3 7km NE of Markleeville, CA
  14. 2.3 7km SSW of Markleeville, CA
  15. 1.7 7 km SSW of Carter Springs, 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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