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M 1.7ml

53 km ENE of Independence, California

· 5.3 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
5.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Inyo County, 55 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3009 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 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 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× 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.

Where

Epicentre 37.0154, -117.6574. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Inyo County, CA 55 km (34 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Inyo County
Esmeralda County, NV 85 km (53 mi) S of here earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Tulare County, CA 133 km (83 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Mono County, CA 147 km (91 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mono County
Nye County, NV 149 km (93 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Nye County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 34km NE of Independence, CA
  2. 1.9 8km SE of Deep Springs, CA
  3. 1.5 60 km E of Big Pine, California
  4. 1.6 32 km ESE of Big Pine, California
  5. 1.6 58 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
  6. 1.5 54 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  7. 2.0 8km ESE of Deep Springs, CA
  8. 3.5 8km ESE of Deep Springs, CA
  9. 1.6 53 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  10. 3.1 42km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA
  11. 1.7 56 km E of Big Pine, California
  12. 1.7 50 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  13. 1.8 53 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
  14. 1.5 37 km NE of Lone Pine, California
  15. 2.1 37km NE of Lone Pine, 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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