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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

20 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada

· 10 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washoe County 66 kmStorey County 78 kmSierra County 97 kmPlumas County 101 kmLassen County 105 kmCarson City 110 kmPershing County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washoe County, 66 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2901 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 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 40.1353, -119.6497. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washoe County, NV 66 km (41 mi) S of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Storey County, NV 78 km (49 mi) N of here earthquakes near Storey County
Sierra County, CA 97 km (60 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Plumas County, CA 101 km (63 mi) E of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Lassen County, CA 105 km (65 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Carson City, NV 110 km (68 mi) N of here earthquakes near Carson City

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 23 km WSW of Empire, Nevada
  2. 2.8 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  3. 1.8 9 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  4. 1.6 8 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  5. 1.7 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  6. 1.9 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  7. 1.8 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  8. 2.2 8 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  9. 1.6 8 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  10. 1.6 10 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  11. 1.8 41 km WSW of Empire, Nevada
  12. 1.9 Nevada
  13. 1.5 32 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  14. 1.8 11 km E of Doyle, California
  15. 1.5 7 km SSW of Empire, 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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