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M 3.4ml

Earthquake near Lone Pine, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Lone Pine in the 24 hours to 2:00 pm PST (22:00 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 3.4 earthquake was recorded 50 km (31 mi) south-southeast of Lone Pine, CA, at 2:29 pm PST on 16 November 2019 (22:29 UTC), 2.1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 16km SE of Olancha, CA

2:29 pm PST, Nov 16, 2019 · · 2.1 km deep · released about 2 tons 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
2:29 pm PST on 16 November 2019 ()
Where
50 km (31 mi) south-southeast of Lone Pine, CA · earthquakes near Lone Pine
Magnitude
M 3.4 (ml)
Depth
2.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Inyo County, 59 km NE
Nearest mapped fault
Southern Sierra Nevada fault, 16 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 759 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 58 km (36 mi) from the epicentre. In Lone Pine, 50 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.

Likely felt in: Lone Pine 50 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 86,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 3,800× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,700× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.4 about 2 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 4.1× 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.5 on 2019-07-06 — about 1,400 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.4 17km N of Ridgecrest, California · 49 km SSE of this epicentre
  2. 5.3 27km E of Coso Junction, California · 23 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 15km NNE of Inyokern, CA · 46 km S of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 28km E of Coso Junction, California · 24 km ESE of this epicentre
  5. 5.2 7km ESE of Coso Junction, CA · 19 km S 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 36.1860, -117.8663. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Inyo County, CA 59 km (37 mi) NE earthquakes near Inyo County
Tulare County, CA 82 km (51 mi) W earthquakes near Tulare County
Kern County, CA 122 km (76 mi) SW earthquakes near Kern County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 20 km ESE of Little Lake, CA
  2. 1.6 11km NE of Coso Junction, CA
  3. 1.7 19km ESE of Little Lake, CA
  4. 1.7 17 km E of Little Lake, CA
  5. 2.7 21km NNW of Searles Valley, CA
  6. 2.1 9 km E of Coso Junction, CA
  7. 1.7 17km SE of Olancha, CA
  8. 2.0 22 km ESE of Little Lake, CA
  9. 2.5 22km WNW of Searles Valley, CA
  10. 1.7 22 km E of Little Lake, CA
  11. 2.4 20km ESE of Olancha, CA
  12. 2.6 18km E of Little Lake, CA
  13. 1.7 32km N of Searles Valley, CA
  14. 1.8 11km NE of Coso Junction, CA
  15. 2.4 16 km ESE of Little Lake, CA

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

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