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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3md

13km SW of Walker, CA

· 0.2 km deep · released about 72 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Alpine County 29 kmDouglas County 54 kmTuolumne County 56 kmLyon County 74 kmCarson City 83 kmMono County 83 kmCalaveras County 89 kmEl Dorado County 92 kmAmador County 94 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
0.2 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Alpine County, 29 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1209 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 72 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 38.4217, -119.5777. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Alpine County, CA 29 km (18 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Douglas County, NV 54 km (33 mi) S of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Tuolumne County, CA 56 km (35 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Lyon County, NV 74 km (46 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lyon County
Carson City, NV 83 km (51 mi) S of here earthquakes near Carson City
Mono County, CA 83 km (52 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Mono County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.9 4 km W of Walker, California
  2. 2.2 4 km NNW of Walker, CA
  3. 2.3 8 km WNW of Walker, CA
  4. 2.3 9 km NW of Bridgeport, CA
  5. 2.8 8 km NW of Bridgeport, CA
  6. 2.6 8 km NW of Bridgeport, CA
  7. 2.4 5 km NNW of Walker, CA
  8. 1.5 4 km SE of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada
  9. 1.7 1 km SSE of Coleville, California
  10. 2.5 13 km NE of Walker, California
  11. 2.5 5 km NNW of Walker, CA
  12. 1.5 California-Nevada border region
  13. 2.3 5 km NNW of Walker, CA
  14. 2.7 6 km NNW of Walker, CA
  15. 2.7 5 km NNW of Walker, 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 6.0 on 2021-07-08 — it released about 420,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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