Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7ml
California-Nevada border region
Yes. A magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded in the California-Nevada border region, at 7:52 am PDT on 24 July 2018 (14:52 UTC), 6.2 km deep.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Inyo County, 54 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- Northern Death Valley fault, 3 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3033 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- 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 37.0477, -117.4838. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inyo County, CA | 54 km (34 mi) | S | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 82 km (51 mi) | N | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Nye County, NV | 136 km (85 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Nye County |
| Tulare County, CA | 147 km (92 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Tulare County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 50 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
- 1.6 49 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
- 1.9 50 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
- 2.0 40km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA
- 2.2 39km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA
- 1.9 41km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA
- 1.9 49 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
- 1.8 45 km ENE of Big Pine, California
- 1.6 51 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
- 2.4 51 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
- 1.6 50 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
- 1.7 50 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
- 2.1 50 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
- 1.6 51 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
- 2.4 50 km SSW of Goldfield, 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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