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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

37km WSW of Tecopa, CA

· 2.9 km deep · released about 6.6 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
2.9 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
San Bernardino County, 105 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2761 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 6.6 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 2,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 35.7355, -116.6148. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Bernardino County, CA 105 km (65 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near San Bernardino County
Inyo County, CA 116 km (72 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Inyo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 40km ENE of Trona, CA
  2. 2.0 40km WSW of Tecopa, CA
  3. 2.7 33km SW of Tecopa, CA
  4. 2.7 25km ENE of Trona, CA
  5. 1.6 16km N of Fort Irwin, CA
  6. 2.5 37km WSW of Tecopa, CA
  7. 2.2 10km NW of Fort Irwin, CA
  8. 1.6 30 km N of Fort Irwin, California
  9. 1.5 31 km ENE of Searles Valley, California
  10. 1.8 17 km WSW of Tecopa, California
  11. 1.5 37km NNW of Fort Irwin, CA
  12. 1.8 42km WSW of Tecopa, CA
  13. 2.6 38km NE of Trona, CA
  14. 2.4 38km NE of Trona, CA
  15. 3.1 39km NE of Trona, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.2 on 2018-12-05 — it released about 9,100 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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