Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.5mw
6km WNW of Bodie, CA
Yes. A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was recorded 6km WNW of Bodie, CA, at 8:22 am PST on 7 March 2022 (16:22 UTC), 9.0 km deep. 14 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.5 (mw)
- Depth
- 9.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 14 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Mono County, 39 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Mono Lake fault, 15 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 1643 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 65 km (40 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 3.1 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 55,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.5 about 3.1 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 6.5× more
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 6.0 on 2021-07-08 — about 4,900 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.8 3 km NE of Mono City, California · 19 km S of this epicentre
- 5.4 27 km NW of Benton, California · 43 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.3 27 km NW of Benton, California · 43 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.2 23 km S of Walker, California · 38 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.2 21 km S of Hawthorne, Nevada · 38 km ENE 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 38.2258, -119.0800. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 39 km (24 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Mineral County, NV | 66 km (41 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Alpine County, CA | 77 km (48 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Alpine County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 81 km (50 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Douglas County, NV | 88 km (55 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Lyon County, NV | 89 km (55 mi) | N | earthquakes near Lyon County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
22 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.9 33 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 2.2 7km SW of Walker, CA
- 1.6 5 km ESE of Walker, California
- 1.6 6 km ENE of Walker, California
- 1.7 6 km ENE of Walker, California
- 1.5 6 km NE of Walker, California
- 2.5 18km S of Walker, CA
- 1.6 27 km NNW of Benton, California
- 2.3 8km S of Walker, CA
- 2.3 32km SE of Bodie, CA
- 2.4 28 km ENE of Bridgeport, California
- 1.8 3 km W of Walker, California
- 1.5 6 km ENE of Walker, California
- 2.3 8km SSE of Walker, CA
- 2.1 17km NE of Lee Vining, 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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