24 km N of Indian Springs, Nevada

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 18 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 64 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 64 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2024-08-14 — about 1,800 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 61 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

1. 5.9 66 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 45 km NW of this epicentre Jan 28, 1982
2. 5.9 64 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 42 km NW of this epicentre Mar 1, 1984
3. 5.9 63 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 42 km NW of this epicentre Aug 13, 1987
4. 5.9 66 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 44 km NW of this epicentre Oct 13, 1988
5. 5.8 65 km SSW of Rachel, Nevada · 46 km NW of this epicentre Feb 27, 1974

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 36.7880, -115.7197. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 1.5 35 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada 09:46 UTC
2. 1.5 40 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada 08:31 UTC
3. 1.5 38 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada 08:08 UTC
4. 3.6 33 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada 07:44 UTC
5. 2.5 34 km W of Indian Springs, Nevada 04:44 UTC
6. 1.9 47 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada 10:27 UTC
7. 1.5 19 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada 00:46 UTC
8. 2.1 18 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada 21:15 UTC
9. 1.6 18 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada 15:00 UTC
10. 1.5 25 km NE of Indian Springs, Nevada 06:25 UTC
11. 1.9 18 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada 20:17 UTC
12. 2.9 18 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada 18:12 UTC
13. 2.2 39 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada 03:19 UTC
14. 2.6 34 km W of Indian Springs, Nevada 22:10 UTC
15. 2.2 26 km E of Indian Springs, Nevada 08:39 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 12:38 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

• The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
• Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
• ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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