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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Alamo, NV

USGS: 18 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada

4:33 pm PST, Nov 18, 2018 · · 4.2 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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When
4:33 pm PST on 18 November 2018 ()
Where
19 km (12 mi) SSE of Alamo, NV · earthquakes near Alamo
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
4.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lincoln County, 52 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2874 days ago

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 19 km (12 mi) SSE of Alamo, NV, at 4:33 pm PST on 18 November 2018 (00:33 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 40 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 43 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · 25 km SSE of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 37.2064, -115.0973. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lincoln County, NV 52 km (32 mi) NNE earthquakes near Lincoln County
Clark County, NV 111 km (69 mi) S earthquakes near Clark County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 20 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  2. 1.6 Nevada
  3. 1.8 19 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  4. 1.7 12 km E of Alamo, Nevada
  5. 1.5 21 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  6. 1.7 22 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  7. 1.8 20 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  8. 2.5 27 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
  9. 1.8 17 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  10. 2.1 17 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  11. 1.8 7 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  12. 2.1 23 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  13. 1.5 22 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  14. 1.7 20 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  15. 1.7 23 km SE of Alamo, 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.

On USGS

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