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M 4.3mw

29km SE of Bodie, CA

· 8.1 km deep · released about 49 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 17 kmMineral County 61 kmEsmeralda County 103 kmTuolumne County 105 kmAlpine County 111 kmMariposa County 114 kmLyon County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 4.3 (mw)
Depth
8.1 km below the surface
Felt
42 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity VI (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Mono County, 17 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2234 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 42 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 49 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 3,500× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.3 about 49 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 100× 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.

Where

Epicentre 38.0448, -118.7618. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 17 km (11 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mono County
Mineral County, NV 61 km (38 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Esmeralda County, NV 103 km (64 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Tuolumne County, CA 105 km (65 mi) E of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Alpine County, CA 111 km (69 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Mariposa County, CA 114 km (71 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

58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.1 35 km SSW of Mina, Nevada
  2. 1.8 34 km SSW of Mina, Nevada
  3. 2.0 34 km NE of Benton, California
  4. 1.7 32 km SSW of Mina, Nevada
  5. 1.7 28km SE of Bodie, CA
  6. 1.7 29km SE of Bodie, CA
  7. 1.9 29km SE of Bodie, CA
  8. 1.7 8km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  9. 2.1 28km SE of Bodie, CA
  10. 2.0 29km SE of Bodie, CA
  11. 1.5 7km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  12. 1.6 20 km ENE of Benton, California
  13. 1.9 27km SE of Bodie, CA
  14. 2.1 29km SE of Bodie, CA
  15. 1.8 29km 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 78 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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