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M 1.8ml

19 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada

· 14 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washoe County 68 kmStorey County 76 kmSierra County 96 kmPlumas County 101 kmLassen County 105 kmCarson City 108 kmPershing County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washoe County, 68 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 536 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 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 40.1187, -119.6532. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washoe County, NV 68 km (42 mi) S of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Storey County, NV 76 km (47 mi) N of here earthquakes near Storey County
Sierra County, CA 96 km (59 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Plumas County, CA 101 km (63 mi) E of here earthquakes near Plumas County
Lassen County, CA 105 km (66 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Lassen County
Carson City, NV 108 km (67 mi) N of here earthquakes near Carson City

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 22 km SSW of Empire, Nevada
  2. 1.8 23 km NNW of Chilcoot-Vinton, CA
  3. 1.7 17 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  4. 2.2 24 km ENE of Honey Lake, CA
  5. 2.1 19 km N of Chilcoot-Vinton, CA
  6. 1.6 12 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  7. 1.7 13 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  8. 1.6 13 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  9. 1.6 11 km SSW of Nixon, Nevada
  10. 1.5 10 km WNW of Nixon, Nevada
  11. 2.1 23 km E of Herlong, California
  12. 1.5 23 km ENE of Herlong, California
  13. 1.9 20 km E of Herlong, California
  14. 1.6 16 km WSW of Empire, Nevada
  15. 1.9 20 km W 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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