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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

41 km E of Nixon, Nevada

· 9.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Churchill County 63 kmStorey County 72 kmPershing County 76 kmLyon County 97 kmCarson City 108 kmWashoe County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
9.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Churchill County, 63 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 880 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 39.8564, -118.8766. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Churchill County, NV 63 km (39 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Churchill County
Storey County, NV 72 km (45 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Storey County
Pershing County, NV 76 km (47 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pershing County
Lyon County, NV 97 km (60 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Carson City, NV 108 km (67 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Washoe County, NV 118 km (73 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Washoe County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 12 km NW of Fallon, Nevada
  2. 1.8 29 km WNW of Lovelock, Nevada
  3. 1.9 14 km E of Fernley, Nevada
  4. 1.6 11 km SSW of Nixon, Nevada
  5. 2.0 25 km WNW of Lovelock, Nevada
  6. 2.2 39 km SW of Lovelock, Nevada
  7. 1.6 39 km SW of Lovelock, Nevada
  8. 1.9 35 km ENE of Nixon, Nevada
  9. 1.9 14 km E of Fernley, Nevada
  10. 1.8 14 km E of Fernley, Nevada
  11. 2.3 2 km NNE of Fernley, Nevada
  12. 2.4 7 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada
  13. 1.8 3 km W of Nixon, Nevada
  14. 2.4 6 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada
  15. 1.9 9 km SE of Nixon, 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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