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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

20 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California

· 1.7 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 51 kmMadera County 72 kmMariposa County 81 kmFresno County 98 kmTuolumne County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
1.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mono County, 51 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3244 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 21 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 5.8 730,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 520,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 46× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 37.4670, -119.0008. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 51 km (32 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Madera County, CA 72 km (45 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 81 km (50 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Fresno County, CA 98 km (61 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Tuolumne County, CA 105 km (65 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Mineral County, NV 127 km (79 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

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

  1. 2.2 26km WSW of Wilkerson, CA
  2. 1.8 25km S of Round Valley, CA
  3. 1.8 18km SW of Toms Place, CA
  4. 1.5 13km WNW of Toms Place, CA
  5. 1.6 16km WSW of Toms Place, CA
  6. 1.6 17km SW of Toms Place, CA
  7. 1.5 13km WNW of Toms Place, CA
  8. 1.8 11km W of Toms Place, CA
  9. 2.1 13km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  10. 1.5 17km SW of Toms Place, CA
  11. 1.8 10 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California
  12. 1.9 11 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California
  13. 1.6 14km SW of Toms Place, CA
  14. 1.7 13 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  15. 1.6 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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