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M 2.6ml

30 km E of Nixon, Nevada

· 15 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 65 kmChurchill County 74 kmPershing County 81 kmLyon County 96 kmCarson City 102 kmWashoe County 110 kmDouglas County 119 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 2.6 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Storey County, 65 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1775 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 39.8721, -119.0105. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 65 km (41 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Storey County
Churchill County, NV 74 km (46 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Churchill County
Pershing County, NV 81 km (50 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Pershing County
Lyon County, NV 96 km (60 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Carson City, NV 102 km (63 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Washoe County, NV 110 km (69 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Washoe County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 14 km E of Fernley, Nevada
  2. 1.6 40 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  3. 1.8 39 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  4. 1.6 40 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  5. 1.7 38 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  6. 1.9 41 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  7. 2.5 39 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  8. 1.6 39 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  9. 2.5 41 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  10. 1.8 37 km NE of Nixon, Nevada
  11. 1.7 40 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  12. 1.9 40 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  13. 2.6 41 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  14. 1.7 40 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  15. 2.2 40 km NNE of Nixon, 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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