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Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change

M 1.5ml

13 km WSW of Nixon, Nevada

· 5.9 km deep · released about 5.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Storey County 38 kmCarson City 73 kmLyon County 88 kmSierra County 90 kmDouglas County 98 kmWashoe County 107 kmChurchill County 109 kmPlumas County 115 kmPershing County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
5.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Storey County, 38 km S
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 311 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 5.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 39.7806, -119.5022. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Storey County, NV 38 km (24 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 88 km (55 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Sierra County, CA 90 km (56 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Sierra County
Douglas County, NV 98 km (61 mi) N of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Washoe County, NV 107 km (66 mi) S of here earthquakes near Washoe County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 9 km E of Sparks, Nevada
  2. 2.2 10 km N of Stagecoach, Nevada
  3. 1.7 9 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  4. 1.8 9 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  5. 1.6 18 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  6. 2.4 6 km SW of Cold Springs, NV
  7. 1.5 4 km ENE of Spanish Springs, Nevada
  8. 1.5 16 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  9. 1.5 16 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  10. 1.5 16 km NW of Stagecoach, Nevada
  11. 1.5 13 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  12. 1.7 8 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada
  13. 1.5 5 km ESE of Sparks, 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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