Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 2.6md
3 km SE of Wilkerson, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (md)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Mono County, 86 km NNW
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 192 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 250 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 61,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 43,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.8× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 250 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 37.2575, -118.3618. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 86 km (53 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 87 km (54 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Inyo County, CA | 115 km (71 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Tulare County, CA | 120 km (75 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Fresno County, CA | 127 km (79 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
44 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 7 km SE of Deep Springs, CA
- 1.6 20 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 1.6 19 km E of Big Pine, California
- 1.6 7 km NNW of Big Pine, CA
- 2.1 7 km N of Big Pine, CA
- 1.7 6 km NNE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.8 5 km NNE of Big Pine, CA
- 2.4 30 km ESE of Big Pine, California
- 2.1 8 km SSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.9 13 km NNE of Deep Springs, CA
- 1.6 11 km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 8 km SE of Deep Springs, CA
- 1.5 8 km N of Round Valley, CA
- 1.6 17 km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.4 4 km SW 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.8 on 2016-02-16 — it released about 1,700 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.