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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

50 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada

· 7.9 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Churchill County 10 kmPershing County 98 kmLander County 102 kmLyon County 109 kmStorey County 118 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
7.9 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Churchill County, 10 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2931 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 39.5819, -118.1644. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Churchill County, NV 10 km (6 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Churchill County
Pershing County, NV 98 km (61 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Pershing County
Lander County, NV 102 km (63 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Lander County
Lyon County, NV 109 km (67 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Storey County, NV 118 km (73 mi) E of here earthquakes near Storey County
Mineral County, NV 120 km (75 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mineral County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 34 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  2. 1.9 57 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
  3. 1.7 53 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
  4. 1.7 58 km WNW of Austin, Nevada
  5. 1.5 41 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
  6. 2.3 56 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
  7. 1.7 67 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
  8. 1.6 44 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  9. 2.7 33 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
  10. 1.9 39 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  11. 2.0 22 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
  12. 2.6 61 km W of Austin, Nevada
  13. 1.8 39 km NE of Fallon, Nevada
  14. 1.7 56 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
  15. 1.7 52.7 km SSE of Gabbs, NV

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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