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M 1.7ml

Nevada

· 6.7 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Churchill County 27 kmLyon County 73 kmMineral County 91 kmStorey County 93 kmDouglas County 111 kmCarson City 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
6.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Churchill County, 27 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1480 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 39.3380, -118.4485. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Churchill County, NV 27 km (17 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Churchill County
Lyon County, NV 73 km (46 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Mineral County, NV 91 km (57 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Storey County, NV 93 km (58 mi) E of here earthquakes near Storey County
Douglas County, NV 111 km (69 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Carson City, NV 114 km (71 mi) E of here earthquakes near Carson City

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 27 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada
  2. 2.2 46 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  3. 1.8 21 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada
  4. 1.6 23 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
  5. 1.9 10 km NW of Fallon, Nevada
  6. 1.5 27 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  7. 2.6 27 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  8. 2.6 35 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada
  9. 1.9 28 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  10. 1.5 56 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  11. 1.5 54 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
  12. 1.5 34 km E of Schurz, Nevada
  13. 1.5 39 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  14. 2.7 28 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  15. 1.9 29 km ENE of Fallon Station, 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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