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M 3.0md
Earthquake near Bishop, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Bishop in the 24 hours to 7:34 am PST (15:34 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 9 km (5 mi) NW, at 9:02 pm PDT on 30 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Bishop
This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) east of Bishop, CA, at 3:05 am PDT on 1 August 2024 (10:05 UTC), 6.5 km deep. 19 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 7 km E of Bishop, CA
- When
- 3:05 am PDT on 1 August 2024 ()
- Where
- 7 km (4 mi) east of Bishop, CA · earthquakes near Bishop
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (md)
- Depth
- 6.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 19 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Nearest
- Esmeralda County, 75 km NE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Owens Valley fault, 6 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 534 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 34 km (21 mi) from the epicentre. In Bishop, 7 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Bishop 7 km, intensity III · Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek 9 km, intensity III · West Bishop 12 km, intensity III · Big Pine 23 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 800 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 6.7 420,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 19,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 13,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 800 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.8 on 2016-02-16 — about 540 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 29 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 The 1986 Chalfant Valley, California Earthquake · 21 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.2 9 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 45 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 8 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 47 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 4 km NNW of Round Valley, California · 27 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.0 Near Bishop, California · 10 km WSW 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 37.3743, -118.3195. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esmeralda County, NV | 75 km (47 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Mono County, CA | 78 km (48 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Inyo County, CA | 122 km (76 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Fresno County, CA | 137 km (85 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Fresno County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 19 km E of Toms Place, CA
- 2.2 18 km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.4 18 km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 17 km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.8 28 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada
- 1.8 7 km NW of West Bishop, CA
- 2.2 8 km ENE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.7 14 km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.9 14 km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.3 10 km NW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.5 14 km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 1.6 16 km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.0 3 km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 2.0 16 km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.2 18 km WSW of Toms Place, 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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