Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.8md
13km W of Toms Place, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (md)
- Depth
- 4.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Mono County, 39 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1511 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 420 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 36,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 26,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.3× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 420 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 37.5690, -118.8240. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 39 km (24 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Madera County, CA | 91 km (57 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 96 km (60 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 107 km (67 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Mineral County, NV | 111 km (69 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 112 km (70 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 10km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 18km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.6 10km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.9 13km W of Toms Place, CA
- 2.1 10km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 3.1 10km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.9 10km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.8 40km NNE of Toms Place, CA
- 1.8 38km NNE of Toms Place, CA
- 1.5 40km NNE of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 10km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.5 9km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.1 39km NNE of Toms Place, CA
- 2.6 39km NNE of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 40km NNE of Toms Place, 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 4.4 on 2020-02-01 — it released about 300 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.