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M 1.7ml

32 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada

· 4.2 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
4.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lincoln County, 37 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1294 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 37.3454, -114.6484. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lincoln County, NV 37 km (23 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Washington County, UT 103 km (64 mi) W of here earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT 134 km (83 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Iron County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 37 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  2. 1.8 28 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  3. 1.6 28 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  4. 1.8 27 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  5. 1.6 21 km S of Caliente, Nevada
  6. 1.7 34 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
  7. 1.8 20 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  8. 1.6 18 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  9. 1.6 11 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  10. 3.2 20 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  11. 1.6 22 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  12. 3.1 28 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
  13. 2.2 30 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
  14. 1.5 38 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada
  15. 2.0 35 km SSW of Caliente, 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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