Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.9md
23km WSW of Wilkerson, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mono County, 86 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3104 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 19 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 37.1712, -118.6127. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 86 km (53 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Madera County, CA | 101 km (63 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Fresno County, CA | 103 km (64 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Tulare County, CA | 106 km (66 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 110 km (68 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 123 km (77 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
44 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 16km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.0 3km ENE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 6km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.7 8km NNE of Big Pine, CA
- 2.1 4km NE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 4km E of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 7km NNW of Round Valley, CA
- 1.9 28km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.5 7km NNE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.5 6km ESE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.8 17km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 2km W of Bishop, CA
- 1.9 6km E of Round Valley, CA
- 1.9 9km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 6km NNE of Big Pine, CA
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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.8 on 2016-02-16 — it released about 22,000 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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