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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

39 km SE of Caliente, Nevada

· 13 km deep · released about 27 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Washington County, 64 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 580 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 27 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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 37.3577, -114.1998. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washington County, UT 64 km (40 mi) W of here earthquakes near Washington County
Lincoln County, NV 66 km (41 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Iron County, UT 100 km (62 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Iron County
Beaver County, UT 140 km (87 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

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

  1. 2.2 19 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  2. 1.6 24 km S of Caliente, Nevada
  3. 1.6 36 km S of Caliente, Nevada
  4. 1.5 48 km N of Moapa Town, Nevada
  5. 1.8 13 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  6. 1.6 16 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  7. 1.5 33 km W of Veyo, Utah
  8. 1.7 37 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
  9. 1.6 39 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  10. 1.6 7 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  11. 1.6 43 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  12. 1.6 12 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
  13. 1.7 14 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
  14. 1.6 9 km W of Veyo, Utah
  15. 1.9 8 km W of Veyo, Utah

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 2,500 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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