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M 3.1ml
Earthquake near West Bishop, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in West Bishop in the 24 hours to 6:48 am PST (14:48 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 15 km (10 mi) WNW, at 4:24 pm PDT on 24 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near West Bishop
This page: a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded 23 km (14 mi) west-southwest of West Bishop, CA, at 6:05 am PDT on 7 June 2024 (13:05 UTC), 9.7 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 17 km SW of Round Valley, CA
- When
- 6:05 am PDT on 7 June 2024 ()
- Where
- 23 km (14 mi) west-southwest of West Bishop, CA · earthquakes near West Bishop
- Magnitude
- M 3.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Mono County, 73 km NNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Round Valley fault, 4 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 818 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 40 km (25 mi) from the epicentre. In West Bishop, 23 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.
Likely felt in: West Bishop 23 km, intensity II · Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek 27 km, intensity II · Bishop 28 km, intensity II · Big Pine 38 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,300 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 270,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 12,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 8,500× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,300 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.3× 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 4.8 on 2016-02-16 — about 340 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 36 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 The 1986 Chalfant Valley, California Earthquake · 36 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.2 9 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 27 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 11 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 37 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 8 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 32 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 4 km NNW of Round Valley, California · 21 km NNE 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 37.2793, -118.6898. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 73 km (45 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Madera County, CA | 94 km (58 mi) | W | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Fresno County, CA | 103 km (64 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 109 km (67 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Tulare County, CA | 117 km (73 mi) | S | earthquakes near Tulare 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.
- 3.5 14 km WNW of Round Valley, CA
- 1.5 13 km WNW of Round Valley, CA
- 1.9 13 km WNW of Round Valley, CA
- 2.7 6 km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 3.4 7 km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 2.1 7 km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 1.6 9 km S of Round Valley, CA
- 1.9 9 km NNW of Round Valley, CA
- 1.8 7 km SE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.6 9 km ENE of Round Valley, CA
- 1.8 14 km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.3 15 km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 11 km ESE of Toms Place, CA
- 2.2 1 km ESE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 1.6 13 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, 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
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- 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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