Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.8mwr
20 km WSW of Gerlach, Nevada
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.8 (mwr)
- Depth
- 7.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 7 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Nearest
- Washoe County, 15 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 10 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.3 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 23,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 730× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.8 about 7.3 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 15× more
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 40.6069, -119.5899. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washoe County, NV | 15 km (9 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Washoe County |
| Lassen County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Lassen County |
| Pershing County, NV | 101 km (63 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Pershing County |
| Plumas County, CA | 125 km (78 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Plumas County |
| Sierra County, CA | 139 km (87 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Sierra County |
| Modoc County, CA | 145 km (90 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Modoc County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
3 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 22 km SSW of Empire, Nevada
- 2.0 2 km SSE of Burning Man Earth, Nevada
- 1.6 15 km WSW of Gerlach, 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.
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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