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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

37 km W of Empire, Nevada

· 1.8 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washoe County 24 kmLassen County 74 kmPlumas County 107 kmPershing County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
1.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washoe County, 24 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 744 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 40.5361, -119.7793. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washoe County, NV 24 km (15 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Lassen County, CA 74 km (46 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Plumas County, CA 107 km (67 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Pershing County, NV 116 km (72 mi) W of here earthquakes near Pershing County
Sierra County, CA 124 km (77 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Modoc County, CA 141 km (88 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Modoc 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. 1.9 34 km W of Empire, Nevada
  2. 2.9 27 km W of Empire, Nevada
  3. 1.5 23 km ENE of Herlong, California
  4. 1.9 20 km E of Herlong, California
  5. 1.8 32 km W of Empire, Nevada
  6. 1.8 33 km W of Gerlach, Nevada
  7. 2.1 16 km NE of Litchfield, California
  8. 2.2 30 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  9. 1.6 16 km WSW of Empire, Nevada
  10. 2.2 31 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  11. 1.7 32 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  12. 1.9 20 km W of Empire, Nevada
  13. 2.5 27 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  14. 2.8 20 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  15. 3.1 26 km WSW of Gerlach, 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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