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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5md

14 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California

· 6.2 km deep · released about 200 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 45 kmMadera County 85 kmMariposa County 93 kmFresno County 109 kmTuolumne County 112 kmEsmeralda County 112 kmMineral County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Mono County, 45 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1513 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 200 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 75,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 53,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 200 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 37.5132, -118.8652. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 45 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mono County
Madera County, CA 85 km (53 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 93 km (57 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Fresno County, CA 109 km (68 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Tuolumne County, CA 112 km (70 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Esmeralda County, NV 112 km (70 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 17 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California
  2. 3.0 13 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  3. 1.7 14km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  4. 1.6 16km SW of Toms Place, CA
  5. 1.7 9km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  6. 1.8 9km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  7. 2.3 10 km W of Aspen Springs, California
  8. 1.7 16km SW of Toms Place, CA
  9. 1.6 16km SW of Toms Place, CA
  10. 1.9 7km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  11. 1.5 16km SW of Toms Place, CA
  12. 2.7 13km W of Toms Place, CA
  13. 1.7 13km WSW of Toms Place, CA
  14. 2.4 13 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  15. 1.7 6 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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