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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

33 km SE of Beaverdam, Nevada

· 12 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lincoln County, 63 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1798 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 7.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 37.4682, -114.1793. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lincoln County, NV 63 km (39 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Washington County, UT 65 km (41 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT 91 km (57 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Iron County
Beaver County, UT 129 km (80 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Beaver County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 34 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
  2. 1.6 37 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  3. 1.7 32 km WNW of Veyo, Utah
  4. 1.8 28 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  5. 1.6 21 km S of Caliente, Nevada
  6. 1.8 20 km WNW of Beryl Junction, Utah
  7. 1.6 11 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  8. 2.0 35 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  9. 2.2 28 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  10. 1.7 32 km S of Caliente, Nevada
  11. 1.5 8 km ESE of Panaca, Nevada
  12. 2.2 7 km ESE of Panaca, Nevada
  13. 2.7 9 km ENE of Panaca, Nevada
  14. 1.7 44 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  15. 1.8 28 km SE of Caliente, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.2 on 2016-01-15 — it released about 9,400 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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