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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

50 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada

· 12 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Churchill County 10 kmPershing County 102 kmLander County 102 kmLyon County 107 kmMineral County 116 kmStorey County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Churchill County, 10 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1137 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 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 39.5416, -118.1502. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Churchill County, NV 10 km (6 mi) E of here earthquakes near Churchill County
Pershing County, NV 102 km (64 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Pershing County
Lander County, NV 102 km (64 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Lander County
Lyon County, NV 107 km (67 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Mineral County, NV 116 km (72 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Storey County, NV 119 km (74 mi) E of here earthquakes near Storey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 66 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  2. 2.0 47 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  3. 1.7 67 km SE of Lovelock, Nevada
  4. 1.6 42 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  5. 3.6 42 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  6. 2.1 58 km N of Gabbs, Nevada
  7. 1.6 42 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada
  8. 1.7 22 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
  9. 2.1 48 km W of Austin, Nevada
  10. 1.8 51 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  11. 1.7 61 km W of Austin, Nevada
  12. 2.2 46 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
  13. 1.6 23 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
  14. 1.9 58 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada
  15. 1.9 28 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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