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M 1.9ml

20 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada

· 5.9 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mineral County 58 kmChurchill County 63 kmLyon County 94 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
5.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mineral County, 58 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2467 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 38.9814, -118.1082. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mineral County, NV 58 km (36 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Churchill County, NV 63 km (39 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Churchill County
Lyon County, NV 94 km (59 mi) E of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Mono County, CA 136 km (85 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mono County
Lander County, NV 137 km (85 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lander County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 30 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  2. 1.6 29 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada
  3. 1.7 24 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada
  4. 1.5 20 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada
  5. 2.2 22 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  6. 3.1 32 km NE of Gabbs, Nevada
  7. 1.6 30 km SE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  8. 1.5 22 km E of Schurz, Nevada
  9. 2.6 19 km WSW of Gabbs, Nevada
  10. 1.5 20 km NNE of Walker Lake, Nevada
  11. 1.5 22 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  12. 2.5 22 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  13. 1.7 20 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  14. 2.1 23 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  15. 2.0 23 km WNW of Gabbs, 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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