Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Battle Mountain, NV
USGS: 48 km SW of Battle Mountain, Nevada
- When
- 12:25 am PST on 3 March 2019 ()
- Where
- 48 km (30 mi) SW of Battle Mountain, NV · earthquakes near Battle Mountain
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lander County, 54 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Buffalo Valley fault, 13 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2770 days ago
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 48 km (30 mi) SW of Battle Mountain, NV, at 12:25 am PST on 3 March 2019 (08:25 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 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- 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.
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 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.8 The 1915 Pleasant Valley, Nevada Earthquake · 22 km WSW of this epicentre
- 6.0 Pleasant Valley, Nevada (Foreshock) · 23 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.1 31 km WSW of Battle Mountain, Nevada · 20 km NNE 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 40.3326, -117.3344. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lander County, NV | 54 km (34 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Lander County |
| Pershing County, NV | 92 km (57 mi) | W | earthquakes near Pershing County |
| Eureka County, NV | 99 km (61 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Eureka County |
| Churchill County, NV | 119 km (74 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Churchill County |
| Humboldt County, NV | 137 km (85 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Humboldt County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
30 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.6 37 km ESE of Imlay, Nevada
- 3.1 64 km E of Lovelock, Nevada
- 2.0 63 km E of Lovelock, Nevada
- 1.7 62 km E of Lovelock, Nevada
- 2.9 57 km SSE of Imlay, Nevada
- 2.6 59 km E of Lovelock, Nevada
- 2.0 60 km SE of Imlay, Nevada
- 2.0 65 km E of Lovelock, Nevada
- 1.6 32 km SSW of Battle Mountain, Nevada
- 1.5 62 km SE of Imlay, Nevada
- 3.3 53 km SE of Imlay, Nevada
- 2.5 45 km SE of Imlay, Nevada
- 2.5 75 km NNW of Austin, Nevada
- 2.0 74 km NNW of Austin, Nevada
- 1.9 66 km E of Lovelock, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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