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M 1.5md

3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California

· 5.3 km deep · released about 6.2 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 31 kmMadera County 86 kmMariposa County 86 kmTuolumne County 100 kmMineral County 108 kmEsmeralda County 116 kmFresno County 116 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
5.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mono County, 31 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3516 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 6.2 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 2,500,000× 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 1.5 about 6.2 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 37.6370, -118.9362. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 31 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mono County
Madera County, CA 86 km (54 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 86 km (54 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Tuolumne County, CA 100 km (62 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Mineral County, NV 108 km (67 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Esmeralda County, NV 116 km (72 mi) W of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 14 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  2. 1.8 23 km E of Fish Camp, California
  3. 1.6 11 km W of Aspen Springs, California
  4. 2.1 14 km E of Mono City, California
  5. 1.9 13 km E of Mono City, California
  6. 1.7 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  7. 1.6 4 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  8. 1.8 10 km W of Aspen Springs, California
  9. 2.1 4 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  10. 1.6 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  11. 2.1 4 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  12. 1.8 2 km E of Mesa, California
  13. 1.7 11 km W of Aspen Springs, California
  14. 2.9 3 km ESE of Mesa, California
  15. 1.9 4 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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