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M 1.9ml

9 km ESE of Mesa Vista, California

· 12 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Douglas County 16 kmAlpine County 19 kmCarson City 42 kmLyon County 51 kmEl Dorado County 73 kmStorey County 75 kmTuolumne County 87 kmAmador County 91 kmPlacer County 95 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Douglas County, 16 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2904 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 38.7737, -119.6932. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Douglas County, NV 16 km (10 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Alpine County, CA 19 km (12 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Carson City, NV 42 km (26 mi) S of here earthquakes near Carson City
Lyon County, NV 51 km (32 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
El Dorado County, CA 73 km (45 mi) E of here earthquakes near El Dorado County
Storey County, NV 75 km (47 mi) S of here earthquakes near Storey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 6 km NW of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada
  2. 2.2 3 km NE of Mesa Vista, California
  3. 1.6 6 km SE of Walker, California
  4. 1.6 4 km SE of Walker, California
  5. 1.9 6 km SE of Walker, California
  6. 1.8 6 km ESE of Walker, California
  7. 1.5 9 km ESE of Markleeville, California
  8. 1.5 5 km ESE of Topaz Lake, Nevada
  9. 1.6 5 km SSE of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada
  10. 2.3 7km SSW of Markleeville, CA
  11. 1.9 6 km SSW of Topaz Lake, Nevada
  12. 1.5 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  13. 2.8 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  14. 2.5 9km SE of Dollar Point, CA
  15. 1.9 5 km NNE of Johnson Lane, 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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