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M 2.1ml

13 km SSE of Kingston, Nevada

· 8.0 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lander County 90 kmEureka County 118 kmChurchill County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
8.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lander County, 90 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1552 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 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 39.0908, -117.0203. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lander County, NV 90 km (56 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lander County
Eureka County, NV 118 km (73 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Eureka County
Churchill County, NV 118 km (73 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Churchill County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 60 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  2. 1.7 56 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  3. 1.5 61 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  4. 1.8 33 km ENE of Gabbs, Nevada
  5. 1.7 59 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  6. 1.6 55 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  7. 2.0 56 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  8. 1.7 60 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  9. 1.9 59 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  10. 1.7 56 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  11. 1.6 60 km S of Kingston, Nevada
  12. 3.5 33 km ESE of Austin, Nevada
  13. 1.5 29 km ESE of Austin, Nevada
  14. 2.5 29 km ESE of Austin, Nevada
  15. 1.8 34 km ESE of Austin, 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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