Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.0md
10km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (md)
- Depth
- 5.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mono County, 45 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1553 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 33 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 37.5150, -118.7738. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Madera County, CA | 93 km (58 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 101 km (62 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 105 km (65 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Fresno County, CA | 115 km (71 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Mineral County, NV | 116 km (72 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Mineral County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 9km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 10km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.3 9km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.9 9km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.5 3km ESE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.9 6km E of Round Valley, CA
- 1.8 1km S of Round Valley, CA
- 2.1 14km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.0 9km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.8 14km W of Round Valley, CA
- 1.5 8km W of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 8km W of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 32km NE of North Fork, CA
- 2.1 14km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.5 4km NE 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 13,000 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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