Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6md
17km SE of Bodie, CA
Yes. A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 17km SE of Bodie, CA, at 7:28 am PST on 21 November 2017 (15:28 UTC), 12 km deep.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mono County, 22 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- Huntoon Valley fault system, 16 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3056 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.6 on 2016-12-28 — about 930,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 20 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.3 The 1934 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada Earthquake · 47 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.0 7 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 49 km S of this epicentre
- 5.9 8 km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 45 km S of this epicentre
- 5.8 3 km NE of Mono City, California · 23 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.6 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada (Foreshock) · 45 km ENE of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 38.1133, -118.8597. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 22 km (14 mi) | S | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Mineral County, NV | 59 km (37 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 97 km (60 mi) | W | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Alpine County, CA | 99 km (62 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Alpine County |
| Lyon County, NV | 105 km (65 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Douglas County, NV | 110 km (68 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Douglas 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.
- 1.6 28 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 1.5 12km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 27 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 2.1 26km SE of Bodie, CA
- 2.0 24km ENE of Lee Vining, CA
- 1.5 30 km ENE of Bridgeport, California
- 1.8 29 km ENE of Bridgeport, California
- 1.5 29 km ENE of Bridgeport, California
- 1.8 30 km ENE of Bridgeport, California
- 2.1 30 km ENE of Bridgeport, California
- 2.0 39km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
- 1.5 35 km SW of Mina, Nevada
- 1.6 38km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
- 1.7 11 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 1.9 28 km ENE of Bridgeport, 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.
On USGS
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