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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

8 km SW of Bridgeport, CA

· 6.1 km deep · released about 51 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 47 kmTuolumne County 63 kmAlpine County 65 kmMineral County 83 kmDouglas County 84 kmMariposa County 89 kmLyon County 92 kmCalaveras County 111 kmCarson City 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
6.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mono County, 47 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 384 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 51 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 210,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 51 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.

Where

Epicentre 38.1970, -119.2822. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mono County, CA 47 km (29 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Tuolumne County, CA 63 km (39 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Alpine County, CA 65 km (41 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Alpine County
Mineral County, NV 83 km (52 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Douglas County, NV 84 km (52 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Mariposa County, CA 89 km (55 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mariposa 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.

  1. 2.2 13 km SW of Walker, CA
  2. 1.6 26 km SW of Walker Lake, Nevada
  3. 2.2 5 km SSW of Walker, CA
  4. 2.1 6 km SSW of Walker, CA
  5. 1.6 15 km ESE of Bridgeport, California
  6. 1.9 29 km SE of Bodie, CA
  7. 1.7 28 km SE of Bodie, CA
  8. 2.9 6 km W of Walker, CA
  9. 2.5 6 km W of Walker, CA
  10. 2.6 10 km NW of Bridgeport, CA
  11. 2.2 10 km NW of Bridgeport, CA
  12. 1.8 19 km SSE of Bodie, CA
  13. 1.8 19 km SSE of Bodie, CA
  14. 1.7 19 km SSE of Bodie, CA
  15. 1.7 18 km SSE of Bodie, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 6.0 on 2021-07-08 — it released about 600,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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