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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

41 km WSW of Empire, Nevada

· 9.6 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washoe County 31 kmLassen County 72 kmPlumas County 101 kmSierra County 117 kmStorey County 119 kmPershing County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
9.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washoe County, 31 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2115 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 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 40.4839, -119.8195. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washoe County, NV 31 km (19 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Lassen County, CA 72 km (45 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Plumas County, CA 101 km (63 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Sierra County, CA 117 km (73 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Storey County, NV 119 km (74 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Pershing County, NV 119 km (74 mi) W of here earthquakes near Pershing 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. 1.9 29 km NNE of Herlong, California
  2. 2.3 15km SE of Honey Lake, CA
  3. 1.5 30 km E of Herlong, California
  4. 1.9 30 km E of Herlong, California
  5. 1.7 30 km ENE of Herlong, California
  6. 2.0 17 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  7. 2.7 23 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  8. 1.8 30 km E of Herlong, California
  9. 1.7 16 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  10. 1.7 23 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  11. 1.5 34 km NE of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  12. 1.6 23 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  13. 2.0 30 km WSW of Empire, Nevada
  14. 3.0 24 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  15. 1.8 28 km W of Empire, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.5 on 2016-08-04 — it released about 3,700 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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