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M 1.6md

22 km ENE of Lee Vining, California

· 1.3 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 12 kmMineral County 69 kmTuolumne County 95 kmMariposa County 103 kmAlpine County 104 kmEsmeralda County 113 kmLyon County 114 kmDouglas County 117 kmMadera County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
1.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mono County, 12 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3009 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 38.0220, -118.8848. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 12 km (7 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mono County
Mineral County, NV 69 km (43 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Tuolumne County, CA 95 km (59 mi) E of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Mariposa County, CA 103 km (64 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Alpine County, CA 104 km (65 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Esmeralda County, NV 113 km (70 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.8 6 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California
  2. 1.6 6 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California
  3. 1.6 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  4. 1.6 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  5. 1.8 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  6. 1.5 4 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  7. 1.5 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  8. 1.8 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  9. 1.9 4 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  10. 2.0 California-Nevada border region
  11. 1.6 California-Nevada border region
  12. 1.5 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  13. 1.6 California-Nevada border region
  14. 1.9 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  15. 1.9 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, 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.

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