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M 1.9ml

Earthquake near Lone Pine, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Lone Pine in the 24 hours to 11:49 am PST (19:49 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 1.9 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) south-southeast of Lone Pine, CA, at 4:53 pm PDT on 11 August 2019 (23:53 UTC), less than 1 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

USGS: 12km ESE of Olancha, CA

4:53 pm PDT, Aug 11, 2019 · · 0.7 km deep · released about 23 lb of TNT

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When
4:53 pm PDT on 11 August 2019 ()
Where
45 km (28 mi) south-southeast of Lone Pine, CA · earthquakes near Lone Pine
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
0.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Inyo County, 57 km NE
Nearest mapped fault
Owens Valley fault, 14 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 2650 days ago

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 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Lone Pine, 45 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 23 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 660,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 470,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 42× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 23 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 5.5 on 2019-07-06 — about 230,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.3 27km E of Coso Junction, California · 27 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 28km E of Coso Junction, California · 29 km SE of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 7km ESE of Coso Junction, CA · 23 km S of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 18km NE of Olancha, CA · 19 km N of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 13km SE of Little Lake, CA · 41 km SSE 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 36.2250, -117.8903. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Inyo County, CA 57 km (36 mi) NE earthquakes near Inyo County
Tulare County, CA 80 km (50 mi) W earthquakes near Tulare County
Kern County, CA 124 km (77 mi) SW earthquakes near Kern County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 8km NNE of Coso Junction, CA
  2. 2.1 17km E of Little Lake, CA
  3. 1.5 12km NNE of Coso Junction, CA
  4. 2.1 22km ESE of Little Lake, CA
  5. 1.6 23km N of Ridgecrest, CA
  6. 1.6 7km SSW of Coso Junction, CA
  7. 1.6 18km E of Little Lake, CA
  8. 1.9 22km ESE of Little Lake, CA
  9. 2.5 22km ESE of Little Lake, CA
  10. 1.7 21km E of Little Lake, CA
  11. 1.5 22km E of Little Lake, CA
  12. 2.7 21km ESE of Little Lake, CA
  13. 3.6 21km ESE of Little Lake, CA
  14. 2.1 10km NE of Coso Junction, CA
  15. 1.8 24km ENE of Coso Junction, 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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