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M 3.0md

3km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA

· 5.3 km deep · released about 860 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 31 kmMariposa County 85 kmMadera County 85 kmTuolumne County 99 kmMineral County 108 kmFresno County 116 kmEsmeralda County 117 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (md)
Depth
5.3 km below the surface
Felt
11 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Mono County, 31 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2473 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 11 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 860 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.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 18,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 860 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 37.6390, -118.9480. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 31 km (20 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Mariposa County, CA 85 km (53 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Madera County, CA 85 km (53 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Tuolumne County, CA 99 km (61 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Mineral County, NV 108 km (67 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Fresno County, CA 116 km (72 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Fresno 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. 1.7 2km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  2. 1.8 12km WSW of Toms Place, CA
  3. 1.7 2km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  4. 1.7 3km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  5. 2.4 2km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  6. 1.8 2km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  7. 2.4 2km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  8. 1.7 25km ENE of Toms Place, CA
  9. 1.5 2km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  10. 1.5 3km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  11. 1.5 2km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  12. 1.5 2km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  13. 2.4 2km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  14. 1.7 3km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  15. 2.2 6km ENE of Round Valley, 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.

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