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M 1.8md
Earthquake near Bishop, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Bishop in the 24 hours to 10:15 am PST (18:15 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 1.8 earthquake was recorded 24 km (15 mi) south-southwest of Bishop, CA, at 11:26 pm PDT on 24 June 2025 (06:26 UTC), 23 km deep.
USGS: 17 km SW of Wilkerson, CA
- When
- 11:26 pm PDT on 24 June 2025 ()
- Where
- 24 km (15 mi) south-southwest of Bishop, CA · earthquakes near Bishop
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- 23 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mono County, 89 km NNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Southern Sierra Nevada fault, 14 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 505 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Bishop, 24 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, West Bishop, Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 930,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 660,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 59× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 27,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 24 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 The 1986 Chalfant Valley, California Earthquake · 42 km N of this epicentre
- 6.2 9 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 45 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.1 8 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 50 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.1 4 km NNW of Round Valley, California · 33 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.0 Near Bishop, California · 20 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 37.1690, -118.5173. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 103 km (64 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Tulare County, CA | 107 km (67 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Madera County, CA | 109 km (68 mi) | W | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Fresno County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Inyo County, CA | 120 km (74 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Inyo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.6 23 km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.3 16 km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.5 17 km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.6 22 km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.0 13 km WNW of Independence, CA
- 1.6 5 km E of Round Valley, CA
- 2.1 16 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 2.0 10 km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.0 4 km ENE of Round Valley, CA
- 2.0 17 km SW of Round Valley, CA
- 2.3 22 km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.5 18 km WSW of Big Pine, CA
- 1.6 18 km WSW of Big Pine, CA
- 2.0 16 km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.8 7 km E of Round Valley, 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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