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M 2.1ml

8 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada

· 10 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 66 kmWashoe County 79 kmSierra County 92 kmCarson City 98 kmPlumas County 103 kmPershing County 112 kmLassen County 115 kmLyon County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 66 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2971 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 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 40.0255, -119.6130. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 66 km (41 mi) N of here earthquakes near Storey County
Washoe County, NV 79 km (49 mi) S of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Sierra County, CA 92 km (57 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Carson City, NV 98 km (61 mi) N of here earthquakes near Carson City
Plumas County, CA 103 km (64 mi) E of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Pershing County, NV 112 km (70 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Pershing County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 41 km WSW of Empire, Nevada
  2. 1.9 Nevada
  3. 1.5 32 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  4. 2.4 5km SE of Chilcoot-Vinton, CA
  5. 1.8 11 km E of Doyle, California
  6. 1.5 1 km NE of Sun Valley, Nevada
  7. 1.8 1 km NE of Sun Valley, Nevada
  8. 1.7 0 km NNE of Sun Valley, Nevada
  9. 1.6 0 km N of Sun Valley, Nevada
  10. 1.7 0 km NNE of Sun Valley, Nevada
  11. 1.5 0 km NNE of Sun Valley, Nevada
  12. 1.5 39 km NE of Herlong, California
  13. 1.5 13 km SSE of Doyle, California
  14. 2.6 13km NE of Chilcoot-Vinton, CA
  15. 2.2 3 km N of Sutcliffe, 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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