51 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada

2019-07-03 03:41 UTC · 8.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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: 2019-07-03 03:41 UTC
Magnitude: M 1.7 (ml)
Depth: 8.0 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Esmeralda County, 56 km NNW
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2643 days ago · we first saw it 2643 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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

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Epicentre 37.2885, -117.4832. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Esmeralda County, NV	56 km (35 mi)	SSE of here	earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Inyo County, CA	81 km (50 mi)	N of here	earthquakes near Inyo County
Nye County, NV	118 km (73 mi)	SW of here	earthquakes near Nye County
Tulare County, CA	165 km (103 mi)	NE of here	earthquakes near Tulare County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1.5 35 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada 14:52 UTC
1.6 36 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada 04:43 UTC
1.9 31 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada 09:00 UTC
2.1 29km ESE of Big Pine, CA 08:30 UTC
1.6 39 km S of Goldfield, Nevada 23:00 UTC
1.8 52 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada 11:03 UTC
2.3 50 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada 04:00 UTC
2.2 55km WNW of Beatty, NV 10:19 UTC
1.7 20 km SW of Silver Peak, Nevada 06:11 UTC
1.5 41 km ENE of Independence, California 12:11 UTC
2.1 34 km S of Goldfield, Nevada 12:54 UTC
2.4 35 km S of Goldfield, Nevada 12:53 UTC
1.9 39 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada 12:32 UTC
1.6 55 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada 14:25 UTC
1.6 58 km S of Goldfield, Nevada 17:23 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 23:31 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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