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M 1.5ml

7 km NNW of Verdi, California

· 14 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sierra County 41 kmStorey County 48 kmCarson City 54 kmNevada County 70 kmPlumas County 81 kmPlacer County 82 kmDouglas County 84 kmLyon County 96 kmEl Dorado County 98 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sierra County, 41 km W
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2100 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 39.5830, -120.0465. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sierra County, CA 41 km (25 mi) E of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Storey County, NV 48 km (30 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 54 km (34 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Carson City
Nevada County, CA 70 km (43 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Plumas County, CA 81 km (50 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Placer County, CA 82 km (51 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Placer County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 0km NW of Lake Davis, CA
  2. 2.1 0km NE of Lake Davis, CA
  3. 2.2 1km WNW of Lake Davis, CA
  4. 2.2 0km WNW of Lake Davis, CA
  5. 2.4 12km NW of Truckee, CA
  6. 2.0 1km NW of Lake Davis, CA
  7. 1.5 15 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  8. 1.7 8 km SE of Dollar Point, California
  9. 1.5 16 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  10. 1.5 15 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  11. 2.2 19km NW of Truckee, CA
  12. 3.0 19km NW of Truckee, CA
  13. 4.7 19km NW of Truckee, CA
  14. 1.7 15 km SSE of Sierraville, California
  15. 2.7 20km NW of Truckee, CA

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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