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M 3.4ml
Earthquake near Bishop, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Bishop in the 24 hours to 1:34 pm PST (21:34 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 9 km (5 mi) NW, at 9:02 pm PDT on 30 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Bishop
This page: a magnitude 3.4 earthquake was recorded 46 km (28 mi) east-northeast of Bishop, CA, at 11:16 am PDT on 12 June 2019 (18:16 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 20km NNE of Deep Springs, CA
- When
- 11:16 am PDT on 12 June 2019 ()
- Where
- 46 km (28 mi) east-northeast of Bishop, CA · earthquakes near Bishop
- Magnitude
- M 3.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Esmeralda County, 37 km NE
- Nearest mapped fault
- McAfee Canyon fault, 9 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1557 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 55 km (34 mi) from the epicentre. In Bishop, 46 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Bishop 46 km, intensity II · Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek 46 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1.7 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 100,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 4,600× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 3,200× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.4 about 1.7 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 3.5× more
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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 The 1986 Chalfant Valley, California Earthquake · 45 km W of this epicentre
- 6.1 46km E of Big Pine, California · 45 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Near Bishop, California · 50 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.9 18 km NNE of Mesa, California · 45 km W of this epicentre
- 5.8 10 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 39 km WSW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 37.5500, -117.9318. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esmeralda County, NV | 37 km (23 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Mono County, CA | 92 km (57 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Mineral County, NV | 116 km (72 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Inyo County, CA | 119 km (74 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Inyo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 48 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.7 51 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.7 50 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 3.0 53 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 2.0 4km WNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 1.5 52 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.5 26 km E of Big Pine, California
- 2.8 4km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 1.6 16km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 1.7 60km ENE of Big Pine, CA
- 2.0 4km NNE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.6 40 km E of Big Pine, California
- 1.7 31km NNW of Deep Springs, CA
- 1.8 1km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 1.6 5km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, 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
- 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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