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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2md

40km E of Lee Vining, CA

· 5.1 km deep · released about 54 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 19 kmMineral County 66 kmEsmeralda County 93 kmTuolumne County 114 kmMariposa County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
5.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Mono County, 19 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2899 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 54 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 280,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 18× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 54 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 37.9560, -118.6697. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 19 km (12 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Mono County
Mineral County, NV 66 km (41 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Esmeralda County, NV 93 km (58 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Tuolumne County, CA 114 km (71 mi) E of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Mariposa County, CA 117 km (73 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Alpine County, CA 123 km (77 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Alpine County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 21km SE of Bodie, CA
  2. 1.8 20km SE of Bodie, CA
  3. 1.6 20km SE of Bodie, CA
  4. 1.5 California-Nevada border region
  5. 2.1 27 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  6. 2.0 27 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  7. 2.0 27 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  8. 2.0 4km WNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  9. 1.8 23 km SSE of Hawthorne, Nevada
  10. 2.0 11km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  11. 1.6 14km W of Toms Place, CA
  12. 2.4 14km W of Toms Place, CA
  13. 1.5 28 km NE of Benton, California
  14. 1.5 21km SE of Bodie, CA
  15. 1.9 21km SE of Bodie, 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.

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