Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.0md
6km ENE of Big Pine, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (md)
- Depth
- 8.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Esmeralda County, 84 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2969 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 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 37.1882, -118.2237. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esmeralda County, NV | 84 km (52 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Mono County, CA | 99 km (62 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Inyo County, CA | 101 km (63 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Tulare County, CA | 118 km (73 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.9 6km ESE of Round Valley, CA
- 2.5 6km SE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 6km ESE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 8km W of Wilkerson, CA
- 1.6 30km NNW of Deep Springs, CA
- 1.5 7km WSW of Round Valley, CA
- 1.8 45 km ENE of Big Pine, California
- 1.5 10km WSW of Wilkerson, CA
- 1.6 10km WSW of Wilkerson, CA
- 2.3 39km ESE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.7 7km SSW of Wilkerson, CA
- 1.6 28 km E of Big Pine, California
- 1.8 6km E of Big Pine, CA
- 2.6 1km SSW of Round Valley, CA
- 2.0 1km SSW of Round Valley, 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 14,000 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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