Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.0md
25km SE of Bodie, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (md)
- Depth
- 8.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mono County, 17 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2711 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 830 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 410,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 18,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 13,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 830 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 38.0562, -118.8120. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 17 km (10 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Mineral County, NV | 62 km (38 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 101 km (63 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Alpine County, CA | 107 km (66 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Alpine County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 108 km (67 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 110 km (69 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Mariposa 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.
- 1.6 3km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.1 41km NNE of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 3km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 7km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 3km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.9 3km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 3km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.7 6km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.7 9km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.1 35km NNE of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 13km NNE of Lee Vining, CA
- 1.5 4km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.7 5km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 9km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 18km 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.6 on 2016-12-28 — it released about 9,100 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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.