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Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change

M 1.9ml

12 km SE of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada

· 4.1 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Douglas County 32 kmAlpine County 36 kmLyon County 42 kmCarson City 62 kmStorey County 86 kmMineral County 86 kmTuolumne County 88 kmMono County 95 kmEl Dorado County 100 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
4.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Douglas County, 32 km NW
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2009 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 38.6705, -119.3892. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Douglas County, NV 32 km (20 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Alpine County, CA 36 km (22 mi) E of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Lyon County, NV 42 km (26 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Carson City, NV 62 km (39 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Storey County, NV 86 km (54 mi) S of here earthquakes near Storey County
Mineral County, NV 86 km (54 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Mineral 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. 2.7 31km SE of Markleeville, CA
  2. 1.7 2 km SSE of Coleville, California
  3. 2.4 31km ENE of Dardanelle, CA
  4. 3.9 31km NW of Bridgeport, CA
  5. 3.6 28km SE of Markleeville, CA
  6. 2.3 28km ENE of Dardanelle, CA
  7. 3.0 31km SE of Markleeville, CA
  8. 4.2 29km SE of Markleeville, CA
  9. 2.8 32km SE of Markleeville, CA
  10. 2.0 30km ENE of Dardanelle, CA
  11. 2.4 29km SE of Markleeville, CA
  12. 2.5 32km ENE of Dardanelle, CA
  13. 2.2 34km ENE of Dardanelle, CA
  14. 2.6 31km ENE of Dardanelle, CA
  15. 2.5 5 km W of Walker, 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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