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M 2.5ml

79 km N of Rachel, Nevada

· 7.0 km deep · released about 190 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (ml)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Nye County, 70 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 149 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 190 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 78,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 55,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 190 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 38.3577, -115.8289. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Nye County, NV 70 km (44 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Nye County
Lincoln County, NV 117 km (73 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
White Pine County, NV 143 km (89 mi) SW of here earthquakes near White Pine County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 84 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada
  2. 1.5 33 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada
  3. 1.6 97 km SE of Kingston, Nevada
  4. 2.4 81 km NW of Rachel, Nevada
  5. 1.7 97 km SE of Kingston, Nevada
  6. 1.9 93 km WSW of Preston, Nevada
  7. 3.0 55 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada
  8. 1.8 90 km S of Eureka, Nevada
  9. 2.2 95 km SE of Kingston, Nevada
  10. 1.8 79 km N of Rachel, Nevada
  11. 1.9 59 km SSW of Lund, Nevada
  12. 1.5 96 km SE of Kingston, Nevada
  13. 2.8 80 km N of Rachel, Nevada
  14. 1.6 94 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada
  15. 1.9 96 km SE of Kingston, 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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