Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.0ml
18km ESE of Lone Pine, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 4 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Inyo County, 44 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2024 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 860 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 390,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 18,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 860 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 36.4998, -117.8952. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inyo County, CA | 44 km (28 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Tulare County, CA | 85 km (53 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
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 29km WSW of Olancha, CA
- 1.7 16km SE of Lone Pine, CA
- 1.7 21km SW of Olancha, CA
- 1.8 Central California
- 2.3 15km SE of Lone Pine, CA
- 2.1 21km SW of Olancha, CA
- 1.9 10km SE of Olancha, CA
- 1.7 29km WSW of Olancha, CA
- 2.1 19km SSE of Lone Pine, CA
- 2.2 11km S of Olancha, CA
- 2.6 10km SE of Olancha, CA
- 2.5 9km SE of Olancha, CA
- 2.0 10km SE of Olancha, CA
- 1.9 10km SE of Olancha, CA
- 1.9 10km SE 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 18,000 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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.