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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

5 km NNE of Johnson Lane, Nevada

· 9.7 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carson City 9 kmDouglas County 21 kmStorey County 42 kmLyon County 43 kmAlpine County 53 kmEl Dorado County 80 kmPlacer County 89 kmSierra County 90 kmNevada County 96 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
9.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Carson City, 9 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2504 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 39.0875, -119.6900. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Carson City, NV 9 km (5 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Douglas County, NV 21 km (13 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Storey County, NV 42 km (26 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Lyon County, NV 43 km (27 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Alpine County, CA 53 km (33 mi) N of here earthquakes near Alpine County
El Dorado County, CA 80 km (50 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

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

  1. 2.7 4 km S of Dayton, Nevada
  2. 1.6 4 km S of Dayton, Nevada
  3. 1.5 13 km SE of Sparks, Nevada
  4. 1.6 4 km S of Topaz Lake, Nevada
  5. 2.4 18km E of Markleeville, CA
  6. 1.8 8 km E of Floriston, California
  7. 1.6 2 km WSW of Topaz Lake, Nevada
  8. 2.1 8 km E of Floriston, California
  9. 1.7 8 km E of Floriston, California
  10. 1.8 8 km E of Floriston, California
  11. 1.8 10 km NW of Topaz Lake, Nevada
  12. 1.7 5 km ESE of Topaz Lake, Nevada
  13. 2.3 20km E of Markleeville, CA
  14. 2.7 21km E of Markleeville, CA
  15. 1.6 11 km S of Reno, 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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