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M 1.7md
Earthquake near Bishop, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Bishop in the 24 hours to 10:07 am PST (18:07 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 23 km (14 mi) east of Bishop, CA, at 12:15 pm PDT on 24 May 2025 (19:15 UTC), 10 km deep.
USGS: 14 km W of Deep Springs, CA
- When
- 12:15 pm PDT on 24 May 2025 ()
- Where
- 23 km (14 mi) east of Bishop, CA · earthquakes near Bishop
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Esmeralda County, 66 km NE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Deep Springs fault, 12 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 528 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Big Pine, Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, West Bishop.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 12 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 36,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 19 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 The 1986 Chalfant Valley, California Earthquake · 35 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.1 4 km NNW of Round Valley, California · 44 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 46km E of Big Pine, California · 38 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Near Bishop, California · 25 km W of this epicentre
- 5.9 18 km NNE of Mesa, California · 37 km NW 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 37.3410, -118.1360. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esmeralda County, NV | 66 km (41 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Mono County, CA | 91 km (57 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Inyo County, CA | 108 km (67 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Inyo 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.
- 1.6 40 km ENE of Big Pine, California
- 1.6 5 km E of Round Valley, CA
- 2.1 16 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 2.5 34 km ESE of Big Pine, CA
- 2.0 4 km ENE of Round Valley, CA
- 2.5 18 km WSW of Big Pine, CA
- 1.6 18 km WSW of Big Pine, CA
- 1.8 7 km E of Round Valley, CA
- 2.1 9 km SE of Deep Springs, CA
- 1.7 6 km NNE of Big Pine, CA
- 2.0 7 km SE of Deep Springs, CA
- 2.5 8 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 2.2 26 km ESE of Dyer, Nevada
- 2.5 19 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.7 7 km SSE of Deep Springs, 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
- 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
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