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M 1.8ml

4 km W of Nixon, Nevada

· 7.4 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 44 kmCarson City 80 kmLyon County 91 kmSierra County 99 kmWashoe County 103 kmChurchill County 103 kmDouglas County 104 kmPershing County 109 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
7.4 km below the surface
Felt
1 report
Nearest
Storey County, 44 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 523 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

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 39.8273, -119.4129. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 44 km (28 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Storey County
Carson City, NV 80 km (50 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Carson City
Lyon County, NV 91 km (57 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Sierra County, CA 99 km (61 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Washoe County, NV 103 km (64 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Washoe County
Churchill County, NV 103 km (64 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

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

  1. 1.6 13 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  2. 1.6 11 km SSW of Nixon, Nevada
  3. 1.5 10 km WNW of Nixon, Nevada
  4. 1.7 10 km E of Sparks, Nevada
  5. 1.6 8 km E of Sparks, Nevada
  6. 2.0 9 km E of Sparks, Nevada
  7. 2.2 10 km N of Stagecoach, Nevada
  8. 1.7 9 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  9. 1.8 9 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  10. 1.6 18 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  11. 1.5 4 km ENE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  12. 1.5 16 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  13. 1.5 16 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  14. 1.5 16 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  15. 1.5 13 km NNW of Sutcliffe, 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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