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M 2.5ml

Earthquake near Lone Pine, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Lone Pine in the 24 hours to 8:45 am PST (16:45 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 16 km (10 mi) SE, at 9:24 pm PDT on 29 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Lone Pine

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 48 km (30 mi) northeast of Lone Pine, CA, at 10:09 am PDT on 9 June 2018 (17:09 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 44km ENE of Independence, CA

10:09 am PDT, Jun 9, 2018 · · -1.5 km deep · released about 180 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
10:09 am PDT on 9 June 2018 ()
Where
48 km (30 mi) northeast of Lone Pine, CA · earthquakes near Lone Pine
Magnitude
M 2.5 (ml)
Depth
-1.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Inyo County, 53 km SE
Nearest mapped fault
Hunter Mountain- Saline Valley fault, 22 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3031 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Lone Pine, 48 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 180 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 86,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 61,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.1 46km E of Big Pine, California · 24 km N of this epicentre
  2. 5.5 10 km N of Independence, California · 41 km W of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 36.9537, -117.7407. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Inyo County, CA 53 km (33 mi) SE earthquakes near Inyo County
Esmeralda County, NV 92 km (57 mi) N earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Tulare County, CA 123 km (76 mi) SW earthquakes near Tulare County
Mono County, CA 147 km (91 mi) NW earthquakes near Mono County
Nye County, NV 160 km (99 mi) NE earthquakes near Nye County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 41km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA
  2. 1.9 49 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  3. 1.8 45 km ENE of Big Pine, California
  4. 1.6 51 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  5. 2.4 51 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  6. 1.6 50 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  7. 1.7 50 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  8. 2.1 50 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  9. 1.6 51 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  10. 2.4 50 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  11. 1.5 55 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  12. 1.5 50 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  13. 1.5 51 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  14. 1.5 50 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  15. 2.4 50 km SSW of Goldfield, 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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