Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.8md
14km NW of Lee Vining, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (md)
- Depth
- 7.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Mono County, 35 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1528 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 420 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 36,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 26,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.3× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 420 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 38.0553, -119.2275. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 35 km (21 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 65 km (40 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Alpine County, CA | 80 km (50 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Alpine County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 80 km (50 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Mineral County, NV | 87 km (54 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Douglas County, NV | 100 km (62 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Douglas County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
8 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 6 km ESE of Bridgeport, California
- 2.5 15km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.6 18km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 2.2 7km WNW of Bridgeport, CA
- 1.7 17km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.6 29 km ENE of Bridgeport, California
- 1.8 36km E of Lee Vining, CA
- 1.8 36km E 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.6 on 2016-12-28 — it released about 18,000 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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