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M 2.1ml

10 km SW of Nixon, Nevada

· 10 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 37 kmCarson City 73 kmLyon County 86 kmSierra County 94 kmDouglas County 97 kmChurchill County 105 kmWashoe County 108 kmPershing County 116 kmPlumas County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 37 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 695 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 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 39.7698, -119.4560. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 37 km (23 mi) N of here earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 73 km (45 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Lyon County, NV 86 km (53 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Sierra County, CA 94 km (58 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Douglas County, NV 97 km (60 mi) N of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Churchill County, NV 105 km (65 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Churchill County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 5 km ESE of Sparks, Nevada
  2. 1.5 13 km WSW of Nixon, Nevada
  3. 1.5 19 km SE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  4. 1.5 20 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  5. 1.5 5 km N of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  6. 1.9 14 km E of Fernley, Nevada
  7. 1.8 14 km E of Fernley, Nevada
  8. 1.8 9 km ENE of Sparks, Nevada
  9. 1.6 11 km E of Sparks, Nevada
  10. 2.2 9 km ENE of Sparks, Nevada
  11. 2.3 2 km NNE of Fernley, Nevada
  12. 2.4 7 km W of Wadsworth, Nevada
  13. 1.9 13 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  14. 1.8 3 km W of Nixon, Nevada
  15. 2.0 13 km NNW of Stagecoach, 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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