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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

7 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada

· 11 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 22 kmCarson City 52 kmLyon County 76 kmSierra County 76 kmDouglas County 79 kmNevada County 104 kmPlumas County 110 kmAlpine County 112 kmPlacer County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 22 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 998 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 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 39.6170, -119.6350. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 22 km (14 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 52 km (33 mi) N of here earthquakes near Carson City
Lyon County, NV 76 km (47 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Sierra County, CA 76 km (47 mi) E of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Douglas County, NV 79 km (49 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

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

  1. 1.5 3 km S of Virginia City, Nevada
  2. 2.3 3 km S of Virginia City, Nevada
  3. 2.3 4 km S of Virginia City, Nevada
  4. 1.6 3 km SSE of Virginia City, Nevada
  5. 2.2 11 km NNE of Tahoe Vista, CA
  6. 2.5 11 km NNE of Tahoe Vista, CA
  7. 1.9 17 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  8. 1.6 5 km SSE of Floriston, California
  9. 1.6 6 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  10. 1.5 3 km S of Virginia City, Nevada
  11. 1.7 13 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  12. 1.8 12 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  13. 2.1 13 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  14. 1.5 6 km NNE of Carson City, Nevada
  15. 1.6 6 km W of Dayton, 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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