Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.7ml
16km S of Searles Valley, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 3.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Inyo County, 104 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1867 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 35.6257, -117.4347. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inyo County, CA | 104 km (65 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Kern County, CA | 121 km (75 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 142 km (88 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.8 19km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA
- 1.8 12km S of Searles Valley, CA
- 2.6 15km SSW of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.6 5km WSW of Searles Valley, CA
- 2.2 25km NNW of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.7 13km SW of Searles Valley, CA
- 2.2 22km ESE of Little Lake, CA
- 1.7 20km S of Trona, CA
- 1.9 13km NE of Ridgecrest, CA
- 1.7 22km E of Little Lake, CA
- 1.6 13km S of Trona, CA
- 2.0 23km NNE of Trona, CA
- 1.6 14km SW of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.7 16km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA
- 1.8 14km SSW 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 7.1 on 2019-07-06 — it released about 4,000,000 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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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