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M 1.6ml

3 km SSE of Soda Springs, California

· 7.2 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sierra County 34 kmNevada County 35 kmPlacer County 40 kmCarson City 55 kmEl Dorado County 58 kmStorey County 74 kmDouglas County 78 kmYuba County 84 kmPlumas County 87 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
7.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sierra County, 34 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2840 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 39.2923, -120.3647. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sierra County, CA 34 km (21 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Nevada County, CA 35 km (22 mi) E of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Placer County, CA 40 km (25 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Placer County
Carson City, NV 55 km (34 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Carson City
El Dorado County, CA 58 km (36 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near El Dorado County
Storey County, NV 74 km (46 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Storey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 18 km E of Foresthill, California
  2. 2.2 3km NE of Dollar Point, CA
  3. 2.1 8km N of Truckee, CA
  4. 2.2 15km NW of Truckee, CA
  5. 2.5 16km W of Truckee, CA
  6. 2.8 25km W of Sunnyside-Tahoe City, CA
  7. 2.0 11km NNE of Tahoe Vista, CA
  8. 1.5 6 km NNW of Incline Village, Nevada
  9. 2.4 6 km SW of Cold Springs, Nevada
  10. 1.8 5 km SW of Cold Springs, Nevada
  11. 2.8 17km NNW of Truckee, CA
  12. 2.4 18km NNW of Truckee, CA
  13. 3.7 17km NNW of Truckee, CA
  14. 1.5 6 km SW of Cold Springs, Nevada
  15. 2.0 6 km SW of Cold Springs, 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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