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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

2 km SE of Dayton, Nevada

· 7.3 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 17 kmStorey County 24 kmDouglas County 35 kmLyon County 39 kmAlpine County 70 kmSierra County 91 kmEl Dorado County 96 kmPlacer County 101 kmNevada County 104 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
7.3 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Carson City, 17 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2719 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

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 39.2226, -119.5718. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Carson City, NV 17 km (11 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 24 km (15 mi) S of here earthquakes near Storey County
Douglas County, NV 35 km (22 mi) N of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Lyon County, NV 39 km (24 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Alpine County, CA 70 km (43 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Sierra County, CA 91 km (56 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Sierra County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 4.5 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  2. 1.5 5 km NNW of Fish Springs, Nevada
  3. 1.6 17 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  4. 1.6 1 km SSE of Golden Valley, Nevada
  5. 2.7 4km N of Dollar Point, CA
  6. 2.2 3 km NE of Mesa Vista, California
  7. 1.5 5 km S of Floriston, California
  8. 1.8 12 km NE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  9. 2.7 5 km SSE of Floriston, California
  10. 1.5 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  11. 2.8 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  12. 2.5 9km SE of Dollar Point, CA
  13. 2.1 12 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  14. 1.9 5 km NNE of Johnson Lane, Nevada
  15. 2.1 4 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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