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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9md

8 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California

· 10 km deep · released about 700 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 37 kmMadera County 93 kmMariposa County 97 kmEsmeralda County 106 kmMineral County 109 kmTuolumne County 113 kmFresno County 118 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 2.9 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Mono County, 37 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3274 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 700 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 15,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 700 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 37.5840, -118.8080. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 37 km (23 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mono County
Madera County, CA 93 km (58 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 97 km (60 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Esmeralda County, NV 106 km (66 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Mineral County, NV 109 km (68 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Tuolumne County, CA 113 km (70 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. 1.7 6 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, California
  2. 1.7 6 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, California
  3. 1.6 9 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  4. 1.8 12 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  5. 1.9 24 km NW of Benton, California
  6. 1.9 12 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  7. 1.8 24 km NW of Benton, California
  8. 1.8 13 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  9. 2.2 7 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California
  10. 2.1 5 km NNE of Mesa, California
  11. 1.6 3 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  12. 2.2 2 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California
  13. 1.6 2 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California
  14. 1.6 2 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  15. 1.5 2 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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