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M 1.5ml

5 km NW of Carnelian Bay, California

· 11 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 35 kmSierra County 49 kmStorey County 55 kmNevada County 56 kmPlacer County 57 kmDouglas County 60 kmEl Dorado County 64 kmAlpine County 77 kmLyon County 84 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Carson City, 35 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2586 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 39.2667, -120.1200. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Carson City, NV 35 km (21 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Carson City
Sierra County, CA 49 km (30 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Storey County, NV 55 km (34 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Nevada County, CA 56 km (35 mi) E of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Placer County, CA 57 km (35 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Placer County
Douglas County, NV 60 km (37 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Douglas 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. 2.2 3km NE of Dollar Point, CA
  2. 2.1 8km N of Truckee, CA
  3. 2.2 15km NW of Truckee, CA
  4. 2.5 16km W of Truckee, CA
  5. 1.6 2 km W of Sun Valley, Nevada
  6. 1.5 2 km SE of Golden Valley, Nevada
  7. 2.8 25km W of Sunnyside-Tahoe City, CA
  8. 1.6 Nevada
  9. 1.6 5 km SE of Carson City, Nevada
  10. 2.0 11km NNE of Tahoe Vista, CA
  11. 2.1 4 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  12. 1.6 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  13. 1.5 5 km NE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  14. 2.2 4 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada
  15. 1.5 6 km NNW of Incline Village, 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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