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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

24 km NNW of Fallon, Nevada

· 6.1 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Churchill County 58 kmStorey County 58 kmLyon County 75 kmCarson City 91 kmPershing County 97 kmDouglas County 103 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
6.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Churchill County, 58 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1490 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 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 39.6631, -118.9177. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Churchill County, NV 58 km (36 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Churchill County
Storey County, NV 58 km (36 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Storey County
Lyon County, NV 75 km (47 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Carson City, NV 91 km (57 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Pershing County, NV 97 km (60 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pershing County
Douglas County, NV 103 km (64 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Douglas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 14 km E of Fernley, Nevada
  2. 1.5 8 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  3. 1.8 10 km ESE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  4. 2.3 2 km NNE of Fernley, Nevada
  5. 1.5 14 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  6. 2.4 7 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada
  7. 1.9 13 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  8. 1.8 3 km W of Nixon, Nevada
  9. 2.0 13 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  10. 2.4 6 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada
  11. 1.9 9 km SE of Nixon, Nevada
  12. 1.8 4 km W of Nixon, Nevada
  13. 1.5 13 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada
  14. 1.6 9 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada
  15. 1.6 10 km SE of Silver Springs, 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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