Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.9md
12km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (md)
- Depth
- 3.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- 15 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Mono County, 64 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1877 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 15 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 570 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 27,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 19,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.7× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 570 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 37.4942, -118.3773. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 73 km (45 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Mineral County, NV | 114 km (71 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Inyo County, CA | 135 km (84 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Fresno County, CA | 140 km (87 mi) | NE 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.
- 1.8 19km NNW of Deep Springs, CA
- 1.7 14km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.4 19km WSW of Wilkerson, CA
- 1.6 40km NNE of Toms Place, CA
- 2.2 2km SSE of Round Valley, CA
- 2.2 9km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 20 km S of Dyer, Nevada
- 1.6 17 km NNW of Sunny Slopes, California
- 1.5 3km SSE of Bishop, CA
- 1.9 1km SSE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 2.3 10km SSW of Wilkerson, CA
- 1.6 16km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 0km ENE of Bishop, CA
- 1.9 9km WSW of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 12km SE of Mammoth Lakes, 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 760 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.