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M 5.8mw

Earthquake near Lone Pine, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Lone Pine in the 24 hours to 7:32 am PST (15:32 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 5.8 earthquake was recorded 19 km (12 mi) south-southeast of Lone Pine, CA, at 10:40 am PDT on 24 June 2020 (17:40 UTC), 4.7 km deep. 8,278 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 18km SSE of Lone Pine, CA

10:40 am PDT, Jun 24, 2020 · · 4.7 km deep · released about 7.6 kilotons of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
10:40 am PDT on 24 June 2020 ()
Where
19 km (12 mi) south-southeast of Lone Pine, CA · earthquakes near Lone Pine
Magnitude
M 5.8 (mw)
Depth
4.7 km below the surface
Felt
8,278 reports · strongest reported intensity VI
Measured shaking
intensity VII (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Tsunami
USGS flagged this event for tsunami evaluation. Follow tsunami.gov for official messages.
Nearest
Inyo County, 53 km ENE
Nearest mapped fault
Owens Valley fault, 3 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 325 days ago

This was a moderate earthquake. Shaking at this size can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 310 km (193 mi) from the epicentre. In Lone Pine, 19 km away, the estimate is intensity V (moderate). 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.

Likely felt in: Lone Pine 19 km, intensity V. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 kilotons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 6.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Ridgecrest, California 2019 M 7.1 89× the energy of this one
  2. Loma Prieta, California 1989 M 6.9 45× the energy of this one
  3. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 5.8 about 7.6 kilotons of TNT
  5. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 this one released 1.4× more
  6. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 16,000× 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km (31 mi) since our catalogue begins in 2016. The previous largest was M 4.7 on 2020-06-23.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.2 7km ESE of Coso Junction, CA · 49 km S of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 18km NE of Olancha, CA · 12 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 18km NE of Olancha, CA · 12 km ESE 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 36.4468, -117.9752. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Inyo County, CA 53 km (33 mi) ENE earthquakes near Inyo County
Tulare County, CA 76 km (47 mi) WSW earthquakes near Tulare 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. 2.1 16km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
  2. 1.8 19km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
  3. 2.0 15 km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  4. 2.2 17km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
  5. 1.8 16km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  6. 1.8 19km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  7. 2.2 15km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
  8. 2.2 19km NNE of Olancha, CA
  9. 1.7 14km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  10. 2.1 14km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
  11. 1.7 14km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  12. 1.7 19 km NNE of Olancha, CA
  13. 1.6 17 km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  14. 1.6 13 km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  15. 1.7 18km SSE of Lone Pine, 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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