Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6md
8km W of Wilkerson, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mono County, 79 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2734 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 6.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 37.2798, -118.4698. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 79 km (49 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 92 km (57 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Madera County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Fresno County, CA | 120 km (75 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Tulare County, CA | 120 km (75 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Inyo County, CA | 124 km (77 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Inyo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 13km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.5 5km NNE of Wilkerson, CA
- 2.1 22km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.5 10km S of Toms Place, CA
- 2.2 14km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.5 16km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 16km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.3 14km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.5 3km ESE of Bishop, CA
- 2.6 1km SSW of Round Valley, CA
- 2.1 6km SE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.9 17km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.7 16km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.9 16km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.8 16km SSE 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.8 on 2016-02-16 — it released about 65,000 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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