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M 1.5ml

California-Nevada border region

· 12 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Douglas County 31 kmAlpine County 37 kmLyon County 41 kmCarson City 61 kmStorey County 84 kmMineral County 86 kmTuolumne County 90 kmMono County 97 kmEl Dorado County 100 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Douglas County, 31 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2683 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 38.6872, -119.3860. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Douglas County, NV 31 km (19 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Alpine County, CA 37 km (23 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Lyon County, NV 41 km (25 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Carson City, NV 61 km (38 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 84 km (52 mi) S of here earthquakes near Storey County
Mineral County, NV 86 km (54 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Mineral County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 12km NNW of Bridgeport, CA
  2. 1.5 5 km NNW of Fish Springs, Nevada
  3. 1.8 3 km ENE of Markleeville, California
  4. 2.4 12km NW of Bridgeport, CA
  5. 1.8 6 km NW of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada
  6. 1.6 12 km NNW of Bridgeport, California
  7. 2.2 3 km NE of Mesa Vista, California
  8. 1.6 16 km SSW of Schurz, Nevada
  9. 1.8 17 km SSW of Schurz, Nevada
  10. 1.9 17 km SSW of Schurz, Nevada
  11. 1.6 6 km SE of Walker, California
  12. 1.6 4 km SE of Walker, California
  13. 1.9 6 km SE of Walker, California
  14. 1.8 6 km ESE of Walker, California
  15. 1.5 9 km ESE of Markleeville, California

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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