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M 2.2ml

7km ESE of Independence, CA

· 5.1 km deep · released about 64 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Inyo County 69 kmTulare County 84 kmEsmeralda County 120 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
5.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Inyo County, 69 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3009 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 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.

Where

Epicentre 36.7762, -118.1300. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Inyo County, CA 69 km (43 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Inyo County
Tulare County, CA 84 km (52 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Esmeralda County, NV 120 km (74 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 13km N of Olancha, CA
  2. 2.5 5km ENE of Lone Pine, CA
  3. 1.8 36 km ESE of Big Pine, California
  4. 1.9 7 km W of Keeler, California
  5. 2.0 29 km E of Big Pine, CA
  6. 1.6 53 km ENE of Independence, California
  7. 1.9 52 km ENE of Independence, California
  8. 2.0 52 km ENE of Independence, California
  9. 2.0 53 km ENE of Independence, California
  10. 2.6 53 km ENE of Independence, California
  11. 3.0 53km ENE of Independence, CA
  12. 1.8 23km NE of Independence, CA
  13. 3.0 23km NE of Independence, CA
  14. 1.9 54km ENE of Independence, CA
  15. 1.6 53 km NNE of Keeler, California

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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