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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

23 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada

· 7.8 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washoe County 64 kmStorey County 81 kmSierra County 99 kmPlumas County 102 kmLassen County 103 kmPershing County 110 kmCarson City 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 1.7 (ml)
Depth
7.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washoe County, 64 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1577 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 40.1582, -119.6496. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washoe County, NV 64 km (40 mi) S of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Storey County, NV 81 km (50 mi) N of here earthquakes near Storey County
Sierra County, CA 99 km (61 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Plumas County, CA 102 km (63 mi) E of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Lassen County, CA 103 km (64 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Pershing County, NV 110 km (68 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Pershing 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. 1.9 28 km ENE of Herlong, California
  2. 1.9 Nevada
  3. 1.6 28 km ENE of Herlong, California
  4. 1.8 21 km ENE of Herlong, California
  5. 1.5 30 km NE of Herlong, California
  6. 1.7 28 km E of Herlong, California
  7. 1.6 28 km E of Herlong, California
  8. 1.7 28 km E of Herlong, California
  9. 2.1 28 km NW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  10. 1.8 34 km NE of Herlong, California
  11. 1.7 19 km NW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  12. 1.6 27 km ENE of Herlong, California
  13. 1.8 Nevada
  14. 1.5 9 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  15. 1.5 14 km NW of Sutcliffe, 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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