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M 4.1ml

54 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada

· 16 km deep · released about 21 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.1 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
6 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Nye County, 59 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2578 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 21 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 7,900× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.1 about 21 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 45× more

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 37.4696, -116.6956. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Nye County, NV 59 km (37 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Nye County
Esmeralda County, NV 89 km (56 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Inyo County, CA 119 km (74 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Inyo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 38 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada
  2. 1.5 38 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada
  3. 2.6 36 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada
  4. 2.1 California-Nevada border region
  5. 2.2 35 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada
  6. 1.5 36 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada
  7. 1.5 36 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada
  8. 2.1 37 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada
  9. 2.4 California-Nevada border region
  10. 1.6 41 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada
  11. 2.4 57 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada
  12. 1.6 48 km NW of Beatty, Nevada
  13. 1.6 37 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada
  14. 1.5 52 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada
  15. 1.5 40 km SSE of Goldfield, 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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