22 km S of Kingston, Nevada

2023-10-15 17:13 UTC · 3.0 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.

When: 2023-10-15 17:13 UTC
Magnitude: M 3.0 (ml)
Depth: 3.0 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Lander County, 99 km N
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1006 days ago · we first saw it 1006 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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

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Epicentre 39.0101, -117.0470. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Lander County, NV	99 km (62 mi)	S of here	earthquakes near Lander County
Churchill County, NV	120 km (75 mi)	ESE of here	earthquakes near Churchill County
Eureka County, NV	126 km (79 mi)	SSW of here	earthquakes near Eureka County
Nye County, NV	127 km (79 mi)	NNW of here	earthquakes near Nye County
Mineral County, NV	131 km (81 mi)	ENE of here	earthquakes near Mineral County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.0 58 km S of Kingston, Nevada 22:21 UTC
1.8 58 km S of Kingston, Nevada 22:25 UTC
1.6 30 km ENE of Gabbs, Nevada 03:59 UTC
2.4 31 km ENE of Gabbs, Nevada 21:12 UTC
1.6 53 km S of Kingston, Nevada 20:47 UTC
1.6 47 km S of Kingston, Nevada 23:31 UTC
1.6 60 km S of Kingston, Nevada 23:38 UTC
1.8 52 km S of Kingston, Nevada 22:09 UTC
1.9 60 km N of Tonopah, Nevada 23:48 UTC
1.9 30 km ENE of Gabbs, Nevada 05:51 UTC
1.7 61 km N of Tonopah, Nevada 22:37 UTC
2.5 28 km SE of Kingston, Nevada 11:55 UTC
1.7 52 km S of Kingston, Nevada 20:04 UTC
1.5 56 km S of Kingston, Nevada 19:15 UTC
1.5 62 km S of Kingston, Nevada 21:36 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 22:54 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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