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M 1.7md

Earthquake near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek in the 24 hours to 7:48 am PST (15:48 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 5 km (3 mi) NW, at 9:02 pm PDT on 30 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 14 km (9 mi) northwest of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA, at 5:40 pm PST on 27 January 2025 (01:40 UTC), 16 km deep.

USGS: 8 km NE of Round Valley, CA

5:40 pm PST, Jan 27, 2025 · · 16 km deep · released about 10 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 58 kmEsmeralda County 87 kmMadera County 111 kmMineral County 117 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
5:40 pm PST on 27 January 2025 ()
Where
14 km (9 mi) northwest of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · earthquakes near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mono County, 58 km NNW
Nearest mapped fault
Long Valley fault, 11 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 650 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, 14 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: West Bishop, Bishop.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 10 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 92× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 42,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 40 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 The 1986 Chalfant Valley, California Earthquake · 11 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 6.2 9 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 24 km W of this epicentre
  3. 6.1 11 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 29 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 8 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 26 km WNW of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 4 km NNW of Round Valley, California · 7 km W 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 37.4702, -118.5342. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mono County, CA 58 km (36 mi) NNW earthquakes near Mono County
Esmeralda County, NV 87 km (54 mi) ENE earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Madera County, CA 111 km (69 mi) WSW earthquakes near Madera County
Mineral County, NV 117 km (73 mi) N earthquakes near Mineral County
Fresno County, CA 127 km (79 mi) SW earthquakes near Fresno County
Inyo County, CA 142 km (88 mi) SE earthquakes near Inyo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 17 km WSW of Toms Place, CA
  2. 2.1 18 km E of Toms Place, CA
  3. 1.8 9 km SSE of Big Pine, CA
  4. 1.6 2 km WNW of Bishop, CA
  5. 1.6 2 km ENE of West Bishop, CA
  6. 2.9 1 km N of West Bishop, CA
  7. 2.4 1 km ENE of Wilkerson, CA
  8. 1.5 1 km N of Wilkerson, CA
  9. 2.2 1 km NNE of Wilkerson, CA
  10. 1.7 14 km W of Deep Springs, CA
  11. 2.5 2 km E of Bishop, CA
  12. 1.8 4 km SE of Bishop, CA
  13. 1.6 4 km S of Bishop, CA
  14. 2.0 18 km WSW of Toms Place, CA
  15. 2.6 14 km W 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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