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M 1.9ml

49 km N of Black Rock City, Nevada

· 0.3 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washoe County 63 kmHumboldt County 97 kmPershing County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
0.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washoe County, 63 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2210 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 41.2120, -119.2561. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washoe County, NV 63 km (39 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Humboldt County, NV 97 km (60 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Humboldt County
Pershing County, NV 112 km (69 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Pershing County
Lassen County, CA 127 km (79 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Lassen County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 45 km N of Black Rock City, Nevada
  2. 1.9 4 km NE of Black Rock City, Nevada
  3. 1.6 73 km SW of Denio, Nevada
  4. 2.1 69 km N of Black Rock City, Nevada
  5. 2.3 20 km NNE of Black Rock City, Nevada
  6. 1.6 2 km WNW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
  7. 1.7 Nevada
  8. 3.2 70 km N of Black Rock City, Nevada
  9. 2.8 55 km SSW of Denio, Nevada
  10. 1.6 15 km NNW of Black Rock City, Nevada
  11. 2.3 16 km NNW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
  12. 2.9 11 km WNW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
  13. 2.7 66 km NNE of Black Rock City, Nevada
  14. 1.8 49 km N of Black Rock City, Nevada
  15. 1.6 9 km W of Burning Man Earth, 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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