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M 2.7md

17 km ENE of Deep Springs, CA

Yes. A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 17 km ENE of Deep Springs, CA, at 5:56 pm PDT on 10 April 2026 (00:56 UTC), 11 km deep.

· 11 km deep · released about 350 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Esmeralda County 43 kmInyo County 102 kmMono County 109 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
Magnitude
M 2.7 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Esmeralda County, 43 km NNE
Nearest mapped fault
Fish Lake Valley fault, 6 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 141 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. 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 350 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 43,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 31,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 350 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 2022-01-06 — about 1,100 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.1 46km E of Big Pine, California · 29 km S of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 10 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 50 km W 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 37.4223, -117.8077. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Esmeralda County, NV 43 km (26 mi) NNE earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Inyo County, CA 102 km (63 mi) SSE earthquakes near Inyo County
Mono County, CA 109 km (68 mi) WNW earthquakes near Mono County
Nye County, NV 133 km (83 mi) ENE earthquakes near Nye County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 49 km E of Big Pine, California
  2. 1.5 51 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  3. 1.8 12 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  4. 2.1 52 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  5. 1.6 52 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  6. 2.0 51 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  7. 1.8 61 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada
  8. 2.0 21 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada
  9. 1.7 43 km E of Big Pine, California
  10. 2.1 11 km N of Deep Springs, CA
  11. 1.6 4 km NW of Dyer, Nevada
  12. 2.1 4 km ENE of Bishop, CA
  13. 1.6 6 km NNE of Wilkerson, CA
  14. 1.6 6 km NNE of Wilkerson, CA
  15. 1.9 5 km SE of Bishop, 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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