Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.6ml
17km SSW of Searles Valley, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Inyo County, 105 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1873 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 250 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 61,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 43,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.8× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 250 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 35.6187, -117.4407. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inyo County, CA | 105 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
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 14 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.5 14 km SW of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.8 22 km ESE of Little Lake, CA
- 3.9 14km SSW of Searles Valley, CA
- 2.7 22km ESE of Little Lake, CA
- 2.2 18 km E of Little Lake, CA
- 2.5 11km SW of Searles Valley, CA
- 2.5 18km E of Little Lake, CA
- 2.4 27km NW of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.5 22 km ESE of Little Lake, CA
- 1.6 22 km ESE of Little Lake, CA
- 1.8 22 km ESE of Little Lake, CA
- 2.0 31km NNW of Searles Valley, CA
- 1.6 13 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA
- 2.3 13 km 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 5,400,000 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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