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M 1.5md

9 km W of Aspen Springs, California

· 3.8 km deep · released about 5.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 42 kmMadera County 90 kmMariposa County 96 kmEsmeralda County 108 kmMineral County 114 kmTuolumne County 114 kmFresno County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
3.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mono County, 42 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3288 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 5.6 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 2,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 37.5450, -118.8192. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 42 km (26 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mono County
Madera County, CA 90 km (56 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 96 km (60 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Esmeralda County, NV 108 km (67 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Mineral County, NV 114 km (71 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Tuolumne County, CA 114 km (71 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne 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 7 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  2. 1.9 15 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  3. 1.9 14 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  4. 1.7 14 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  5. 3.0 15 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  6. 2.4 12 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California
  7. 1.7 13 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California
  8. 1.7 10 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California
  9. 1.8 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  10. 1.6 15 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  11. 1.7 6 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  12. 1.6 1 km SW of Round Valley, California
  13. 1.6 10 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California
  14. 1.5 11 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California
  15. 1.7 11 km WNW 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.

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