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M 2.9md
Earthquake near Bishop, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Bishop in the 24 hours to 9:27 am PST (17:27 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 9 km (5 mi) NW, at 9:02 pm PDT on 30 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Bishop
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) east of Bishop, CA, at 10:51 pm PST on 7 February 2022 (06:51 UTC), 11 km deep.
USGS: 8km SE of Deep Springs, CA
- When
- 10:51 pm PST on 7 February 2022 ()
- Where
- 43 km (27 mi) east of Bishop, CA · earthquakes near Bishop
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (md)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Esmeralda County, 56 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Deep Springs fault, 8 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 1668 days ago
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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 27 km (17 mi) from the epicentre. In Bishop, 43 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.8 on 2016-02-16 — about 760 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.1 46km E of Big Pine, California · 22 km SE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Near Bishop, California · 45 km W of this epicentre
- 5.8 10 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 43 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.5 4 km SSW of Bishop, California · 45 km W of this epicentre
- 5.2 13km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 48 km WNW 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 37.3257, -117.9148. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esmeralda County, NV | 56 km (35 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Inyo County, CA | 96 km (60 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Mono County, CA | 107 km (67 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Mono County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.6 57km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA
- 2.1 53km ENE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.8 51 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.5 51 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 2.1 11km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 2.1 12km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 2.1 11km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.5 4km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 2.1 6km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.9 4km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.8 4km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 2.0 4km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.9 6km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.8 4km NE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.7 3km NNE of Big Pine, 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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