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M 1.6md
Earthquake near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek in the last 24 hours. M 1.9, 10 km (6 mi) WNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, at 8:40 am PST on 13 November 2026 (16:40 UTC); the estimated shaking in Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 2 km (2 mi) west-northwest of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA, at 3:16 pm PDT on 21 March 2016 (22:16 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: California-Nevada border region
- When
- 3:16 pm PDT on 21 March 2016 ()
- Where
- 2 km (2 mi) west-northwest of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · earthquakes near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mono County, 70 km NNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Fish Slough fault, 5 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 3056 days ago
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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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, 2 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: West Bishop, Bishop, Big Pine.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 in our catalogue was M 4.8 on 2016-02-16 — about 61,000 times the energy of this one.
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 37.3913, -118.4428. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 70 km (43 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 83 km (52 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Madera County, CA | 117 km (73 mi) | W | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Fresno County, CA | 128 km (80 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Inyo County, CA | 130 km (81 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Inyo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
47 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 12 km W of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.8 12 km W of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.7 9 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.9 12 km W of Aspen Springs, California
- 2.2 14 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.6 11 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California
- 1.9 7 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.7 10 km W of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.7 5 km S of Aspen Springs, California
- 1.8 13 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California
- 2.0 12 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California
- 2.8 13 km W of Aspen Springs, California
- 2.1 11 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California
- 1.5 0 km WNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California
- 1.8 12 km W of Aspen Springs, California
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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