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M 2.1ml

27 km SSW of Empire, Nevada

· 6.8 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washoe County 44 kmPershing County 92 kmStorey County 102 kmLassen County 104 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
6.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washoe County, 44 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2962 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 40.3546, -119.4872. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washoe County, NV 44 km (28 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Pershing County, NV 92 km (57 mi) W of here earthquakes near Pershing County
Storey County, NV 102 km (63 mi) N of here earthquakes near Storey County
Lassen County, CA 104 km (65 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Plumas County, CA 121 km (75 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Sierra County, CA 124 km (77 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Sierra County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 26 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  2. 1.6 10 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  3. 1.8 28 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  4. 1.5 37 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  5. 1.5 19 km W of Gerlach, Nevada
  6. 1.8 41 km WSW of Empire, Nevada
  7. 1.5 32 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  8. 1.5 4 km S of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
  9. 2.0 8 km W of Empire, Nevada
  10. 1.6 4 km WSW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
  11. 2.0 21 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  12. 1.5 7 km SSW of Empire, Nevada
  13. 1.5 39 km NE of Herlong, California
  14. 2.2 3 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  15. 1.5 4 km ENE 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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