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M 1.9ml

6 km SSW of Topaz Lake, Nevada

· 12 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Alpine County 19 kmDouglas County 29 kmLyon County 53 kmCarson City 58 kmTuolumne County 77 kmEl Dorado County 84 kmStorey County 88 kmAmador County 96 kmCalaveras County 99 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Alpine County, 19 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2468 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 38.6483, -119.5823. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Alpine County, CA 19 km (12 mi) E of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Douglas County, NV 29 km (18 mi) S of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Lyon County, NV 53 km (33 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Carson City, NV 58 km (36 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Tuolumne County, CA 77 km (48 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
El Dorado County, CA 84 km (52 mi) E 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. 3.0 6km NNW of Bridgeport, CA
  2. 1.6 16 km NNW of Bridgeport, California
  3. 1.5 6 km NNE of Fish Springs, Nevada
  4. 1.9 4 km SSW of Smith Valley, Nevada
  5. 2.2 8km NE of Markleeville, CA
  6. 1.5 3 km NW of Topaz, California
  7. 2.0 6 km SE of Markleeville, California
  8. 1.6 2 km SSW of Coleville, California
  9. 1.6 California-Nevada border region
  10. 2.3 18km E of Markleeville, CA
  11. 2.3 8km NE of Markleeville, CA
  12. 1.6 4 km S of Topaz Lake, Nevada
  13. 2.4 18km E of Markleeville, CA
  14. 1.6 2 km WSW of Topaz Lake, Nevada
  15. 1.5 11 km WSW of Topaz, California

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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