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M 4.0ml

25 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada

· 5.8 km deep · released about 15 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Esmeralda County 28 kmMono County 108 kmInyo County 113 km
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When
Magnitude
M 4.0 (ml)
Depth
5.8 km below the surface
Felt
9 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Esmeralda County, 28 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2311 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 15 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.0 about 15 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 32× 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 37.5417, -117.7428. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Esmeralda County, NV 28 km (17 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Mono County, CA 108 km (67 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Mono County
Inyo County, CA 113 km (70 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Inyo County
Nye County, NV 122 km (76 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Nye County
Mineral County, NV 123 km (77 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Mineral County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 28 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  2. 2.6 26 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  3. 2.6 26 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  4. 2.2 26 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  5. 1.7 24 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  6. 3.7 26 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  7. 3.0 26 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  8. 1.9 27 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  9. 3.0 26 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  10. 3.2 27 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  11. 3.3 27 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  12. 2.5 27 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  13. 2.0 27 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  14. 2.2 27 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada
  15. 3.4 26 km SW of Goldfield, 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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