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M 1.7md
Earthquake near Bishop, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Bishop in the 24 hours to 9:16 am PST (17:16 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 9 km (5 mi) NW, at 9:02 pm PDT on 30 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Bishop
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) east of Bishop, CA, at 4:14 pm PST on 6 January 2022 (00:14 UTC), 8.1 km deep.
USGS: 7km ESE of Deep Springs, CA
- When
- 4:14 pm PST on 6 January 2022 ()
- Where
- 43 km (27 mi) east of Bishop, CA · earthquakes near Bishop
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 8.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Esmeralda County, 54 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Fish Lake Valley fault, 8 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Bishop, 43 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 10 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 4.8 on 2016-02-16 — about 43,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.1 46km E of Big Pine, California · 24 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Near Bishop, California · 45 km W of this epicentre
- 5.8 10 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 43 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.6 24 km WSW of Dyer, Nevada · 49 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.5 4 km SSW of Bishop, California · 45 km W 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 37.3477, -117.9118. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esmeralda County, NV | 54 km (34 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Inyo County, CA | 98 km (61 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Mono County, CA | 106 km (66 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Mono County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 4km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.9 6km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.8 4km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.7 3km NNE of Big Pine, CA
- 2.2 6km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 2.9 5km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.8 4km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 2.2 7km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.7 5km E of Big Pine, CA
- 2.0 5km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 2.0 5km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 2.2 5km ENE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 1.8 9km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 3.3 7km N of Big Pine, CA
- 1.8 12km S of Big 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
- 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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