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Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change

M 2.7ml

33 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada

· 16 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Churchill County 12 kmLyon County 88 kmMineral County 103 kmStorey County 103 kmPershing County 112 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Churchill County, 12 km NNE
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1898 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 39.4382, -118.3245. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Churchill County, NV 12 km (8 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Churchill County
Lyon County, NV 88 km (55 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Mineral County, NV 103 km (64 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Storey County, NV 103 km (64 mi) E of here earthquakes near Storey County
Pershing County, NV 112 km (69 mi) S of here earthquakes near Pershing County
Lander County, NV 121 km (75 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Lander County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 51 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  2. 1.7 61 km W of Austin, Nevada
  3. 2.2 46 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  4. 1.6 23 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
  5. 1.9 10 km NW of Fallon, Nevada
  6. 1.5 27 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  7. 2.6 27 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  8. 2.6 35 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada
  9. 1.9 28 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  10. 1.5 56 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  11. 1.5 54 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
  12. 1.5 39 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  13. 2.7 28 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  14. 1.9 29 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  15. 2.0 35 km E of Schurz, 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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