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M 2.8ml

3 km ENE of Sutcliffe, Nevada

· 11 km deep · released about 480 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 59 kmWashoe County 85 kmCarson City 92 kmSierra County 93 kmPlumas County 108 kmLyon County 110 kmPershing County 111 kmDouglas County 118 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 2.8 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Storey County, 59 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2656 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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 39.9672, -119.5613. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 59 km (37 mi) N of here earthquakes near Storey County
Washoe County, NV 85 km (53 mi) S of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Carson City, NV 92 km (57 mi) N of here earthquakes near Carson City
Sierra County, CA 93 km (58 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Plumas County, CA 108 km (67 mi) E of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Lyon County, NV 110 km (68 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lyon County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 8 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  2. 1.5 Nevada
  3. 1.5 13 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  4. 2.8 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  5. 1.8 9 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  6. 1.6 8 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  7. 1.7 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  8. 1.9 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  9. 1.8 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  10. 2.2 8 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  11. 1.6 8 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  12. 1.5 4 km WNW of Wadsworth, Nevada
  13. 1.6 2 km W of Sun Valley, Nevada
  14. 1.5 2 km SE of Golden Valley, Nevada
  15. 1.7 7km NNW of Cold Springs, NV

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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