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M 1.6ml

43 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada

Yes. A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 43 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada, at 7:07 pm PDT on 9 April 2019 (02:07 UTC), 14 km deep.

· 14 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Nye County 65 kmEsmeralda County 77 kmInyo County 113 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Nye County, 65 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2774 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

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.

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 59 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 52 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 43 km ESE of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 46 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 39 km SE of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 51 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 38 km ESE of this epicentre
  4. 6.2 53 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 47 km ESE of this epicentre
  5. 6.2 57 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 49 km ESE 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 37.4712, -116.8460. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Nye County, NV 65 km (40 mi) NNE earthquakes near Nye County
Esmeralda County, NV 77 km (48 mi) WNW earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Inyo County, CA 113 km (70 mi) SSW earthquakes near Inyo 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. 1.5 57 km WSW of Rachel, Nevada
  2. 2.3 52 km NE of Beatty, Nevada
  3. 1.5 26 km NE of Goldfield, Nevada
  4. 1.5 21 km S of Goldfield, Nevada
  5. 1.5 55 km ENE of Goldfield, Nevada
  6. 1.9 37 km ESE of Tonopah, Nevada
  7. 2.4 48 km NNW of Beatty, Nevada
  8. 2.5 56 km NW of Beatty, Nevada
  9. 1.9 51 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada
  10. 1.6 32 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada
  11. 1.5 18 km S of Goldfield, Nevada
  12. 2.4 51 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada
  13. 1.5 3 km NNE of Goldfield, Nevada
  14. 1.5 45 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada
  15. 1.6 California-Nevada border region

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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