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M 3.2ml

11 km SSW of Dayton, Nevada

· 8.2 km deep · released about 1,900 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 11 kmDouglas County 26 kmStorey County 35 kmLyon County 39 kmAlpine County 59 kmEl Dorado County 88 kmSierra County 91 kmPlacer County 95 kmNevada County 100 km
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When
Magnitude
M 3.2 (ml)
Depth
8.2 km below the surface
Felt
194 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Carson City, 11 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2360 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 194 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× 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 39.1370, -119.6248. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Carson City, NV 11 km (7 mi) E of here earthquakes near Carson City
Douglas County, NV 26 km (16 mi) N of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Storey County, NV 35 km (22 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Lyon County, NV 39 km (24 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Alpine County, CA 59 km (37 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Alpine County
El Dorado County, CA 88 km (55 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

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

  1. 1.9 4 km S of Dayton, Nevada
  2. 2.3 8km NE of Markleeville, CA
  3. 1.5 7 km N of Incline Village, Nevada
  4. 2.2 4 km S of Dayton, Nevada
  5. 2.2 4 km S of Dayton, Nevada
  6. 2.7 4 km S of Dayton, Nevada
  7. 1.6 4 km S of Dayton, Nevada
  8. 1.5 13 km SE of Sparks, Nevada
  9. 1.8 8 km E of Floriston, California
  10. 2.1 8 km E of Floriston, California
  11. 1.7 8 km E of Floriston, California
  12. 1.8 8 km E of Floriston, California
  13. 1.8 10 km NW of Topaz Lake, Nevada
  14. 1.6 11 km S of Reno, Nevada
  15. 2.2 3km NE of Dollar Point, CA

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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