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M 2.3ml

Earthquake near Pioche, NV

USGS: 7 km E of Panaca, Nevada

12:04 am PDT, Jul 8, 2019 · · 7.7 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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When
12:04 am PDT on 8 July 2019 ()
Where
20 km (12 mi) SE of Pioche, NV · earthquakes near Pioche
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
7.7 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Lincoln County, 53 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2564 days ago

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 20 km (12 mi) SE of Pioche, NV, at 12:04 am PDT on 8 July 2019 (07:04 UTC). 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS. This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Caliente.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 4.2 on 2016-01-15 — about 810 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 43 km SSE of this epicentre
  2. 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 45 km SSE of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 45 km SSE 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 37.7969, -114.3010. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lincoln County, NV 53 km (33 mi) WSW earthquakes near Lincoln County
Iron County, UT 88 km (55 mi) E earthquakes near Iron County
Washington County, UT 93 km (58 mi) SE earthquakes near Washington County
Beaver County, UT 112 km (70 mi) NE earthquakes near Beaver 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. 2.4 18 km WNW of Beryl Junction, Utah
  2. 2.3 29 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada
  3. 1.9 33 km W of Enterprise, Utah
  4. 1.7 38 km W of Veyo, Utah
  5. 1.9 9 km ENE of Panaca, Nevada
  6. 1.6 33 km SE of Beaverdam, Nevada
  7. 1.9 32 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
  8. 1.5 Nevada
  9. 1.9 7 km E of Panaca, Nevada
  10. 2.1 18 km NW of Beryl Junction, Utah
  11. 1.5 7 km E of Panaca, Nevada
  12. 1.5 32 km W of Enterprise, Utah
  13. 2.1 24 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  14. 1.6 21 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  15. 2.3 25 km SE of Caliente, 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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