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M 1.6ml

9 km SSE of Spanish Springs, Nevada

· 13 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 19 kmCarson City 48 kmLyon County 73 kmSierra County 74 kmDouglas County 75 kmNevada County 101 kmAlpine County 107 kmPlacer County 108 kmPlumas County 110 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 19 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 561 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 39.5752, -119.6536. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 19 km (12 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 48 km (30 mi) N of here earthquakes near Carson City
Lyon County, NV 73 km (45 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Sierra County, CA 74 km (46 mi) E of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Douglas County, NV 75 km (46 mi) N of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Nevada County, CA 101 km (63 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

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

  1. 1.5 13 km WSW of Nixon, Nevada
  2. 1.5 9 km NNE of Truckee, CA
  3. 1.5 19 km SE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  4. 1.8 12 km E of Floriston, California
  5. 2.1 12 km E of Floriston, California
  6. 1.5 20 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  7. 1.6 6 km N of Incline Village, Nevada
  8. 2.0 6 km N of Incline Village, Nevada
  9. 2.6 3 km NW of Cold Springs, NV
  10. 1.7 7 km NNE of Kings Beach, CA
  11. 1.5 5 km N of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  12. 1.8 9 km ENE of Sparks, Nevada
  13. 1.6 11 km E of Sparks, Nevada
  14. 2.2 9 km ENE of Sparks, Nevada
  15. 1.5 8 km SE of Silver Springs, 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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