Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.9md
19km SW of Big Pine, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (md)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Tulare County, 97 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1726 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 37.0657, -118.4633. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulare County, CA | 97 km (60 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Mono County, CA | 101 km (63 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 108 km (67 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Inyo County, CA | 110 km (68 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Fresno County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Madera County, CA | 115 km (72 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Madera County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
38 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 2km E of Bishop, CA
- 1.7 18km WSW of Wilkerson, CA
- 1.6 1km SE of Round Valley, CA
- 2.5 2km WNW of Wilkerson, CA
- 2.3 1km SE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.9 1km SE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 1km SE of Round Valley, CA
- 2.1 1km SE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.7 0km E of Round Valley, CA
- 2.2 1km SSW of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 1km S of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 1km SSE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.5 1km SE of Round Valley, CA
- 3.3 0km SW of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 1km SSW 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.8 on 2016-02-16 — it released about 22,000 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
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