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M 2.4ml

6 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada

· 10 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 23 kmCarson City 53 kmSierra County 76 kmLyon County 77 kmDouglas County 80 kmNevada County 104 kmPlumas County 109 kmAlpine County 112 kmPlacer County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
7 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Storey County, 23 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 39.6244, -119.6373. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 23 km (14 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 53 km (33 mi) N of here earthquakes near Carson City
Sierra County, CA 76 km (47 mi) E of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Lyon County, NV 77 km (48 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Douglas County, NV 80 km (50 mi) N of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Nevada County, CA 104 km (65 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

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

  1. 2.4 11 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  2. 2.1 11 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  3. 2.5 11 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  4. 2.2 11 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada
  5. 1.7 8 km ENE of Floriston, California
  6. 2.5 14 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  7. 1.6 11 km E of Floriston, California
  8. 1.6 7 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  9. 1.7 6 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  10. 1.7 12 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  11. 1.9 7 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  12. 1.6 2 km NNE of Reno, Nevada
  13. 1.7 2 km NNE of Reno, Nevada
  14. 1.8 2 km NNE of Reno, Nevada
  15. 1.6 2 km NNE of Reno, 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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