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M 1.7md

Earthquake near Mammoth Lakes, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Mammoth Lakes in the 24 hours to 11:51 am PST (19:51 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 26 km (16 mi) SSE, at 3:54 am PDT on 24 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Mammoth Lakes

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 46 km (28 mi) north of Mammoth Lakes, CA, at 11:08 pm PDT on 22 March 2026 (06:08 UTC), 13 km deep.

USGS: 19 km SSE of Bodie, CA

11:08 pm PDT, Mar 22, 2026 · · 13 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mono County 16 kmMineral County 67 kmTuolumne County 92 kmAlpine County 99 kmMariposa County 103 kmLyon County 110 kmDouglas County 112 kmEsmeralda County 117 kmMadera County 119 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
11:08 pm PDT on 22 March 2026 ()
Where
46 km (28 mi) north of Mammoth Lakes, CA · earthquakes near Mammoth Lakes
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mono County, 16 km SSE
Nearest mapped fault
Huntoon Valley fault system, 18 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 225 days ago

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 2 km (1 mi) from the epicentre. In Mammoth Lakes, 46 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 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 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 5.6 on 2016-12-28 — about 660,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 15 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.0 7 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 42 km S of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 8 km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 38 km S of this epicentre
  3. 5.8 3 km NE of Mono City, California · 18 km W of this epicentre
  4. 5.7 12 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 49 km S of this epicentre
  5. 5.4 6 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 48 km S 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 38.0555, -118.9157. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mono County, CA 16 km (10 mi) SSE earthquakes near Mono County
Mineral County, NV 67 km (42 mi) NE earthquakes near Mineral County
Tuolumne County, CA 92 km (57 mi) W earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Alpine County, CA 99 km (62 mi) NW earthquakes near Alpine County
Mariposa County, CA 103 km (64 mi) WSW earthquakes near Mariposa County
Lyon County, NV 110 km (69 mi) NNW earthquakes near Lyon County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.9 4 km WNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  2. 2.7 32 km SE of Bodie, CA
  3. 2.8 39 km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV
  4. 1.8 33 km SE of Bodie, CA
  5. 1.7 15 km NE of Lee Vining, CA
  6. 2.8 32 km SE of Bodie, CA
  7. 2.3 38 km NNE of Toms Place, CA
  8. 2.4 38 km NNE of Toms Place, CA
  9. 1.4 18 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  10. 2.5 28 km SE of Bodie, CA
  11. 1.7 29 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  12. 1.7 36 km N of Benton, California
  13. 1.8 15 km NNE of Lee Vining, CA
  14. 1.6 13 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  15. 2.0 16 km S of Bridgeport, 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.

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