Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.7md
12km SSE of Bodie, CA
Yes. A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 12km SSE of Bodie, CA, at 1:48 am PST on 1 January 2022 (09:48 UTC), 17 km deep.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.7 (md)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mono County, 23 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Mono Lake fault, 20 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1706 days ago
Earthquake alerts for Mammoth Lakes, CA
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 320 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 48,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 34,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.7 about 320 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.6 on 2016-12-28 — about 24,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 13 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.0 7 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 48 km S of this epicentre
- 5.9 8 km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 44 km S of this epicentre
- 5.8 3 km NE of Mono City, California · 15 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.4 27 km NW of Benton, California · 27 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.3 27 km NW of Benton, California · 28 km ESE of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 38.1097, -118.9557. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 23 km (14 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Mineral County, NV | 65 km (41 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | W | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Alpine County, CA | 93 km (58 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Alpine County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 103 km (64 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Lyon County, NV | 104 km (64 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Lyon County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
35 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 27 km NNW of Benton, California
- 2.3 32km SE of Bodie, CA
- 2.4 28 km ENE of Bridgeport, California
- 2.1 17km NE of Lee Vining, CA
- 1.8 29km SE of Bodie, CA
- 2.4 29km SE of Bodie, CA
- 2.3 33km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
- 2.8 6km WNW of Bodie, CA
- 2.8 6km WNW of Bodie, CA
- 3.5 6km WNW of Bodie, CA
- 1.9 31 km WSW of Mina, Nevada
- 2.2 27km ESE of Bodie, CA
- 2.7 27km ESE of Bodie, CA
- 1.6 27km ESE of Bodie, CA
- 1.6 27km ESE 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.
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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