Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6md
18km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mono County, 55 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2637 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 7.8 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 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 37.5425, -118.4605. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 55 km (34 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 77 km (48 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Mineral County, NV | 108 km (67 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Madera County, CA | 120 km (74 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Fresno County, CA | 137 km (85 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Inyo County, CA | 144 km (89 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
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 14km W of Toms Place, CA
- 2.5 14km W of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 3km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.0 23km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 7km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 3km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.8 13km SE 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 11km WNW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.7 9km WNW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.7 4km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 22 km NNW of Dyer, Nevada
- 1.8 6km E of Wilkerson, 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 55,000 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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