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M 2.1ml

0 km WNW of Skyland, Nevada

· 11 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 23 kmDouglas County 33 kmAlpine County 47 kmEl Dorado County 57 kmStorey County 59 kmLyon County 65 kmPlacer County 66 kmNevada County 77 kmSierra County 78 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Carson City, 23 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2894 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 39.0251, -119.9543. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Carson City, NV 23 km (14 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Carson City
Douglas County, NV 33 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Alpine County, CA 47 km (29 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Alpine County
El Dorado County, CA 57 km (35 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near El Dorado County
Storey County, NV 59 km (37 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Lyon County, NV 65 km (41 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lyon County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 9 km NW of Carson City, Nevada
  2. 1.5 5 km NW of Carnelian Bay, California
  3. 2.5 8km WNW of Tahoe Vista, CA
  4. 2.1 5 km NW of Carnelian Bay, California
  5. 1.5 7 km E of Carson City, Nevada
  6. 1.5 11 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  7. 1.6 1 km SW of Glenbrook, Nevada
  8. 1.7 5 km S of Floriston, California
  9. 2.4 9km NE of Markleeville, CA
  10. 1.6 7 km SSW of Markleeville, California
  11. 1.7 3 km S of Floriston, California
  12. 1.5 3 km S of Floriston, California
  13. 1.9 7 km SW of Virginia City, Nevada
  14. 3.7 8 km SW of Virginia City, Nevada
  15. 1.9 7 km SW of Virginia City, 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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