Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.0ml
16km SW of Toms Place, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Mono County, 50 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1408 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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 37.4665, -118.8123. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 50 km (31 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Madera County, CA | 88 km (54 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 98 km (61 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Fresno County, CA | 108 km (67 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 110 km (68 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 119 km (74 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 6km ENE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 18km W of Round Valley, CA
- 2.2 4km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.8 16km W of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.3 7km N of Round Valley, CA
- 1.8 32km NE of North Fork, CA
- 1.5 32km SW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.9 4km WNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 6km NW of West Bishop, CA
- 1.5 6km NW of West Bishop, CA
- 1.7 17km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 2.2 17km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 2.6 7km N of Round Valley, CA
- 1.7 4km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.6 6km E 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 450 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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.