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M 2.2ml

3 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada

· 12 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 61 kmWashoe County 83 kmSierra County 90 kmCarson City 93 kmPlumas County 104 kmLyon County 112 kmPershing County 114 kmLassen County 118 kmDouglas County 120 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 61 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2717 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 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 39.9820, -119.6067. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 61 km (38 mi) N of here earthquakes near Storey County
Washoe County, NV 83 km (52 mi) S of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Sierra County, CA 90 km (56 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Carson City, NV 93 km (58 mi) N of here earthquakes near Carson City
Plumas County, CA 104 km (64 mi) E of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Lyon County, NV 112 km (70 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

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

  1. 1.7 4 km E of Cold Springs, Nevada
  2. 1.7 14 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  3. 1.5 11 km SW of Nixon, Nevada
  4. 2.2 11 km SW of Nixon, Nevada
  5. 1.5 8 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  6. 1.5 Nevada
  7. 1.5 13 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  8. 2.8 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  9. 1.8 9 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  10. 1.6 8 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  11. 1.7 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  12. 1.9 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  13. 1.8 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  14. 2.2 8 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  15. 1.6 8 km NNW of Sutcliffe, 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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