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M 1.7ml

4 km E of Cold Springs, Nevada

· 6.2 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 43 kmSierra County 53 kmCarson City 60 kmNevada County 84 kmPlumas County 85 kmDouglas County 90 kmLyon County 96 kmPlacer County 97 kmEl Dorado County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 43 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2172 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 39.6759, -119.9225. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 43 km (27 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Sierra County, CA 53 km (33 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Carson City, NV 60 km (37 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Carson City
Nevada County, CA 84 km (52 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Plumas County, CA 85 km (53 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Douglas County, NV 90 km (56 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Douglas County

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

Aftershocks so far

58 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. 1.5 8 km NE of Truckee, California
  7. 2.1 Nevada
  8. 1.8 8 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  9. 1.6 16 km NNW of Truckee, California
  10. 1.8 9 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  11. 1.8 9 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  12. 2.0 8 km NW of Virginia City, Nevada
  13. 1.5 12 km W of Virginia City, Nevada
  14. 2.4 9 km WNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  15. 1.8 3 km SSE of Sattley, California

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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