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M 2.3ml

57 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada

· 2.9 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Churchill County 18 kmLander County 96 kmPershing County 106 kmLyon County 113 kmMineral County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
2.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Churchill County, 18 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2206 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 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 39.5261, -118.0601. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Churchill County, NV 18 km (11 mi) E of here earthquakes near Churchill County
Lander County, NV 96 km (60 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Lander County
Pershing County, NV 106 km (66 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Pershing County
Lyon County, NV 113 km (70 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Mineral County, NV 116 km (72 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mineral County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.3 67 km SE of Lovelock, Nevada
  2. 1.5 39 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  3. 2.7 28 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  4. 1.9 29 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  5. 1.9 Nevada
  6. 2.0 57 km WNW of Austin, Nevada
  7. 1.7 56 km WNW of Austin, Nevada
  8. 2.1 53 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  9. 1.7 56 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  10. 1.5 28 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  11. 2.0 50 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  12. 2.4 28 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  13. 2.2 56 km NNE of Gabbs, Nevada
  14. 2.3 27 km NE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  15. 1.8 62 km ENE of Fallon Station, 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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