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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

20 km NE of Sutcliffe, Nevada

· 6.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 73 kmWashoe County 73 kmPershing County 97 kmCarson City 107 kmSierra County 108 kmPlumas County 117 kmChurchill 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 1.7 (ml)
Depth
6.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 73 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1585 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 40.0912, -119.4513. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 73 km (45 mi) N of here earthquakes near Storey County
Washoe County, NV 73 km (46 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Pershing County, NV 97 km (60 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Pershing County
Carson City, NV 107 km (67 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Sierra County, CA 108 km (67 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Plumas County, CA 117 km (73 mi) E of here earthquakes near Plumas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  2. 1.5 14 km NW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  3. 1.8 11 km SW of Nixon, Nevada
  4. 1.6 40 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  5. 1.8 39 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  6. 1.6 40 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  7. 1.7 38 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  8. 1.9 41 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  9. 2.5 39 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  10. 1.6 39 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  11. 2.5 41 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  12. 1.8 37 km NE of Nixon, Nevada
  13. 1.7 40 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  14. 1.9 40 km NNE of Nixon, Nevada
  15. 2.6 41 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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