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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

42 km NW of Austin, Nevada

Yes. A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 42 km NW of Austin, Nevada, at 10:15 pm PDT on 29 April 2019 (05:15 UTC), less than 1 km deep.

· 0.0 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lander County 34 kmChurchill County 77 kmEureka County 100 kmPershing County 113 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 1.6 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lander County, 34 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2753 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2019-04-28 — about 5,600 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.9 The 1954 Dixie Valley, Nevada Earthquake · 41 km WSW 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 39.7657, -117.4093. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lander County, NV 34 km (21 mi) ENE earthquakes near Lander County
Churchill County, NV 77 km (48 mi) WSW earthquakes near Churchill County
Eureka County, NV 100 km (62 mi) ENE earthquakes near Eureka County
Pershing County, NV 113 km (70 mi) NW earthquakes near Pershing County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 15 km NNE of Austin, Nevada
  2. 1.7 23 km NE of Austin, Nevada
  3. 2.6 19 km NE of Austin, Nevada
  4. 1.9 57 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
  5. 1.7 58 km WNW of Austin, Nevada
  6. 2.5 21 km NE of Austin, Nevada
  7. 2.5 75 km NNW of Austin, Nevada
  8. 2.0 74 km NNW of Austin, Nevada
  9. 2.0 56 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
  10. 2.0 66 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
  11. 2.3 56 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
  12. 2.0 36 km WNW of Kingston, Nevada
  13. 1.6 49 km WSW of Austin, Nevada
  14. 2.1 64 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
  15. 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

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