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M 2.5ml

Nevada

· 9.6 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 24 kmCarson City 54 kmSierra County 75 kmLyon County 78 kmDouglas County 81 kmNevada County 104 kmPlumas County 108 kmPlacer County 112 kmAlpine County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (ml)
Depth
9.6 km below the surface
Felt
14 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Storey County, 24 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1065 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 14 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 39.6362, -119.6460. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 24 km (15 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 54 km (34 mi) N of here earthquakes near Carson City
Sierra County, CA 75 km (47 mi) E of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Lyon County, NV 78 km (49 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Douglas County, NV 81 km (51 mi) N of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Nevada County, CA 104 km (64 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Nevada County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 12 km E of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  2. 1.9 4 km E of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  3. 1.5 4 km NW of Cold Springs, Nevada
  4. 1.6 5 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  5. 2.4 6 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  6. 1.7 7 km S of Cold Springs, Nevada
  7. 1.5 11 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  8. 1.9 6 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  9. 2.0 9 km E of Sparks, Nevada
  10. 1.6 15 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  11. 1.6 17 km SW of Nixon, Nevada
  12. 1.6 6 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  13. 1.5 6 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  14. 2.3 6 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  15. 3.1 6 km ESE of Spanish 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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