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M 4.6mw

Earthquake near Lone Pine, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Lone Pine in the 24 hours to 6:59 am PST (14:59 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 4.6 earthquake was recorded 21 km (13 mi) southeast of Lone Pine, CA, at 10:59 am PDT on 24 June 2020 (17:59 UTC), 9.6 km deep. 334 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 19km SE of Lone Pine, CA

10:59 am PDT, Jun 24, 2020 · · 9.6 km deep · released about 120 tons of TNT

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When
10:59 am PDT on 24 June 2020 ()
Where
21 km (13 mi) southeast of Lone Pine, CA · earthquakes near Lone Pine
Magnitude
M 4.6 (mw)
Depth
9.6 km below the surface
Felt
334 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Measured shaking
intensity VII (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Inyo County, 49 km ENE
Nearest mapped fault
Owens Valley fault, under 1 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 2259 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 148 km (92 mi) from the epicentre. In Lone Pine, 21 km away, the estimate is intensity IV (light). 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 21 km, intensity IV. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 1,500× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 65× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 46× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.6 about 120 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 240× 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 since 2016 was M 5.8 on 2020-06-24 — about 65 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.3 27km E of Coso Junction, California · 49 km SSE of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 7km ESE of Coso Junction, CA · 49 km S of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 18km NE of Olancha, CA · 10 km SE of this epicentre
  4. 5.0 18km NE of Olancha, CA · 10 km SE 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 36.4560, -117.9312. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Inyo County, CA 49 km (30 mi) ENE earthquakes near Inyo County
Tulare County, CA 80 km (50 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. 1.8 17km NNE of Olancha, CA
  2. 1.7 15km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  3. 1.5 16km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  4. 2.7 18km N of Olancha, CA
  5. 2.1 19km NNE of Olancha, CA
  6. 1.9 16km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
  7. 1.8 14km SE of Lone Pine, CA
  8. 1.6 18km NNE of Olancha, CA
  9. 2.3 15km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
  10. 2.2 17km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
  11. 2.1 15km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
  12. 3.3 18km NNE of Olancha, CA
  13. 2.1 15km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
  14. 1.8 15 km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
  15. 2.0 14 km 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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