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M 2.8ml

2 km SW of Gerlach, Nevada

· 2.4 km deep · released about 480 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washoe County 27 kmPershing County 84 kmLassen County 106 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
2.4 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Washoe County, 27 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 640 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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 40.6314, -119.3746. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washoe County, NV 27 km (17 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Pershing County, NV 84 km (52 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Pershing County
Lassen County, CA 106 km (66 mi) E of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Humboldt County, NV 136 km (84 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Humboldt County
Sierra County, CA 153 km (95 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Modoc County, CA 155 km (96 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

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

  1. 1.6 22 km W of Gerlach, Nevada
  2. 1.6 15 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  3. 3.3 23 km W of Gerlach, Nevada
  4. 1.6 7 km WSW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
  5. 2.6 23 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  6. 2.4 38 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  7. 2.1 31 km W of Empire, Nevada
  8. 1.9 21 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  9. 2.1 25 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  10. 1.9 34 km W of Empire, Nevada
  11. 2.9 27 km W of Empire, Nevada
  12. 1.8 32 km W of Empire, Nevada
  13. 1.8 33 km W of Gerlach, Nevada
  14. 2.2 30 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
  15. 1.6 16 km WSW of Empire, 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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