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M 1.5ml

7 km E of Carson City, Nevada

· 8.0 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 6 kmDouglas County 28 kmStorey County 34 kmLyon County 44 kmAlpine County 60 kmEl Dorado County 85 kmSierra County 87 kmPlacer County 91 kmNevada County 96 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
8.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Carson City, 6 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2610 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 39.1532, -119.6780. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Carson City, NV 6 km (4 mi) E of here earthquakes near Carson City
Douglas County, NV 28 km (18 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Storey County, NV 34 km (21 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Lyon County, NV 44 km (27 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Alpine County, CA 60 km (37 mi) N of here earthquakes near Alpine County
El Dorado County, CA 85 km (53 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near El Dorado County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 13 km SE of Sparks, Nevada
  2. 1.8 8 km E of Floriston, California
  3. 2.1 8 km E of Floriston, California
  4. 1.7 8 km E of Floriston, California
  5. 1.8 8 km E of Floriston, California
  6. 1.8 10 km NW of Topaz Lake, Nevada
  7. 1.6 11 km S of Reno, Nevada
  8. 2.2 3km NE of Dollar Point, CA
  9. 2.0 18 km WNW of Yerington, Nevada
  10. 1.6 17 km WNW of Yerington, Nevada
  11. 1.9 17 km WNW of Yerington, Nevada
  12. 1.6 Nevada
  13. 1.6 5 km SE of Carson City, Nevada
  14. 2.0 11km NNE of Tahoe Vista, CA
  15. 2.1 4 km NE of Indian Hills, 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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