Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.0md
18km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (md)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mono County, 50 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2725 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 36 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 5.8 420,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 27× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 36 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 37.4702, -118.9732. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 50 km (31 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Madera County, CA | 75 km (46 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 84 km (52 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Fresno County, CA | 99 km (62 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 107 km (66 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 123 km (76 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 18km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.2 18km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.9 17km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.7 16km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.2 16km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.5 12km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.7 18km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.7 10km SSW of Round Valley, CA
- 2.9 5km ENE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 5km ENE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 13km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 13km ESE of Yosemite Valley, 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
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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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