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M 2.6md

38km S of Qualeys Camp, NV

· 7.5 km deep · released about 280 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 30 kmMineral County 62 kmEsmeralda County 82 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
7.5 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Mono County, 30 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2783 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 280 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 55,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 39,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 280 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 37.9692, -118.5397. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 30 km (19 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Mono County
Mineral County, NV 62 km (38 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Esmeralda County, NV 82 km (51 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Lyon County, NV 130 km (81 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Alpine County, CA 132 km (82 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Madera County, CA 136 km (85 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Madera County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 27 km N of Dyer, Nevada
  2. 3.9 20 km NNE of Benton, California
  3. 1.6 6km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  4. 3.0 25km SE of Bodie, CA
  5. 1.7 11km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  6. 2.2 11km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  7. 1.8 33km E of Lee Vining, CA
  8. 1.6 30 km S of Mina, Nevada
  9. 2.0 21km SE of Bodie, CA
  10. 1.5 22 km N of Dyer, Nevada
  11. 1.9 24 km N of Dyer, Nevada
  12. 2.0 14km NW of Toms Place, CA
  13. 2.5 34 km S of Mina, Nevada
  14. 2.8 11km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  15. 2.0 10km E of Mammoth Lakes, 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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