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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Searles Valley, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Searles Valley in the 24 hours to 11:44 am PST (19:44 UTC). The last one was M 2.7, 21 km (13 mi) N, at 11:15 am PST on 4 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Searles Valley
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 46 km (28 mi) north of Searles Valley, CA, at 9:53 pm PDT on 10 July 2019 (04:53 UTC), 15 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 43km ENE of Coso Junction, CA
- When
- 9:53 pm PDT on 10 July 2019 ()
- Where
- 46 km (28 mi) north of Searles Valley, CA · earthquakes near Searles Valley
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Inyo County, 44 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- Ash Hill fault, 10 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2682 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Searles Valley, 46 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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 26 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 580,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 410,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 36× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 26 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 7.1 on 2019-07-06 — about 51,000,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.0 Death Valley area, California · 49 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.9 Death Valley area, California · 49 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.8 16km NNE of Ridgecrest, California · 47 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.4 17km N of Ridgecrest, California · 46 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.3 27km E of Coso Junction, California · 17 km SW 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 36.1715, -117.4985. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inyo County, CA | 44 km (27 mi) | N | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Tulare County, CA | 115 km (72 mi) | W | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Kern County, CA | 144 km (90 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Kern County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 15km SE of Olancha, CA
- 1.9 14km W of Searles Valley, CA
- 2.3 15km SE of Olancha, CA
- 1.9 21km WNW of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.6 20km ESE of Little Lake, CA
- 2.3 14km ENE of Trona, CA
- 1.8 19km ESE of Little Lake, CA
- 1.6 16km NNE of Coso Junction, CA
- 1.6 21km E of Little Lake, CA
- 1.5 16km NNE of Coso Junction, CA
- 2.3 15km W of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.9 25km NNE of Trona, CA
- 1.6 16km NNE of Trona, CA
- 1.7 16km SE of Olancha, CA
- 2.0 15km W of Searles Valley, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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