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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

12 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California

· 4.8 km deep · released about 23 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 38 kmMadera County 88 kmMariposa County 92 kmTuolumne County 109 kmEsmeralda County 111 kmMineral County 111 kmFresno County 115 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 1.9 (md)
Depth
4.8 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Mono County, 38 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3471 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 23 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 660,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 470,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 42× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 23 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 37.5783, -118.8630. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 38 km (23 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mono County
Madera County, CA 88 km (55 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 92 km (57 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Tuolumne County, CA 109 km (67 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Esmeralda County, NV 111 km (69 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Mineral County, NV 111 km (69 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mineral County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 19 km NNW of Sunny Slopes, California
  2. 1.9 14 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  3. 2.2 19 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  4. 1.6 8 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  5. 1.8 28 km NW of Benton, California
  6. 2.7 8 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California
  7. 2.1 28 km NW of Benton, California
  8. 1.6 7 km N of Benton, California
  9. 1.9 14 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California
  10. 1.8 9 km W of Aspen Springs, California
  11. 1.7 7 km N of Benton, California
  12. 1.8 7 km N of Benton, California
  13. 2.3 15 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  14. 1.5 19 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California
  15. 1.7 10 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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