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M 2.2ml

11 km SW of Nixon, Nevada

· 9.4 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 37 kmCarson City 73 kmLyon County 86 kmSierra County 93 kmDouglas County 97 kmChurchill County 106 kmWashoe County 108 kmPershing County 117 kmPlumas County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
9.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 37 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2230 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 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 39.7715, -119.4653. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 37 km (23 mi) N of here earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 73 km (45 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Lyon County, NV 86 km (54 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Sierra County, CA 93 km (58 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Douglas County, NV 97 km (60 mi) N of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Churchill County, NV 106 km (66 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Churchill County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 14 km SE of Sparks, Nevada
  2. 2.1 8 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada
  3. 2.1 2 km NE of Sun Valley, Nevada
  4. 1.7 2 km NE of Sun Valley, Nevada
  5. 1.9 2 km NE of Sun Valley, Nevada
  6. 2.1 Nevada
  7. 1.5 4 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  8. 1.5 10 km S of Sparks, Nevada
  9. 1.6 4 km NW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  10. 1.7 14 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada
  11. 1.8 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  12. 1.7 13 km SW of Wadsworth, Nevada
  13. 2.8 10 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  14. 1.8 10 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  15. 2.6 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, 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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