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M 2.1md

4km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA

· 5.7 km deep · released about 51 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 32 kmMadera County 86 kmMariposa County 87 kmTuolumne County 101 kmMineral County 108 kmEsmeralda County 115 kmFresno County 116 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
5.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mono County, 32 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2879 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 51 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 210,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 51 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 37.6342, -118.9292. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 32 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mono County
Madera County, CA 86 km (54 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 87 km (54 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Tuolumne County, CA 101 km (63 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Mineral County, NV 108 km (67 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Esmeralda County, NV 115 km (72 mi) W of here earthquakes near Esmeralda 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.

  1. 2.2 41km N of Toms Place, CA
  2. 2.2 41km N of Toms Place, CA
  3. 2.1 16km SW of Toms Place, CA
  4. 2.7 16km SW of Toms Place, CA
  5. 1.8 21km SE of Bodie, CA
  6. 1.6 21km SSE of Bodie, CA
  7. 1.6 20km SSE of Bodie, CA
  8. 2.0 21km SE of Bodie, CA
  9. 2.3 21km SE of Bodie, CA
  10. 2.5 21km SE of Bodie, CA
  11. 1.6 21km SSE of Bodie, CA
  12. 1.6 21km SE of Bodie, CA
  13. 1.6 24 km E of Mono City, California
  14. 1.5 21km SSE of Bodie, CA
  15. 1.6 20km 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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