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M 4.2ml

18km SSE of Lone Pine, CA

· 3.9 km deep · released about 32 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.2 (ml)
Depth
3.9 km below the surface
Felt
35 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity VI (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Inyo County, 54 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2136 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 35 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 32 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 5,200× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.2 about 32 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 68× 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.

Where

Epicentre 36.4407, -117.9945. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Inyo County, CA 54 km (34 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Inyo County
Tulare County, CA 74 km (46 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Tulare County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 18km NNE of Olancha, CA
  2. 1.6 16km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  3. 2.1 18km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
  4. 1.5 19km NNE of Olancha, CA
  5. 1.7 10km NNE of Coso Junction, CA
  6. 1.5 10km NE of Coso Junction, CA
  7. 1.6 17km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  8. 1.5 17km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  9. 1.5 8km NW of Olancha, CA
  10. 1.6 18km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  11. 1.8 13km NE of Coso Junction, CA
  12. 1.7 16km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  13. 2.9 18km NNE of Olancha, CA
  14. 1.9 18km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  15. 2.2 18km NNE of Olancha, 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 5.8 on 2020-06-24 — it released about 230 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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