Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml
11 km SSE of Bridgeport, California
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mono County, 38 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1826 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 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 38.1701, -119.1664. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mono County, CA | 38 km (24 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 72 km (45 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Alpine County, CA | 75 km (46 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Alpine County |
| Mineral County, NV | 76 km (47 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Douglas County, NV | 90 km (56 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 93 km (58 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
35 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 31km SSW of Smith Valley, NV
- 2.0 13km SSE of Bodie, CA
- 1.5 28 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 1.9 30 km E of Bridgeport, California
- 1.6 29km ENE of Dardanelle, CA
- 2.5 29km SSW of Smith Valley, NV
- 2.2 13km SSE of Bodie, CA
- 1.6 29km SSW of Smith Valley, NV
- 1.6 26km SSW of Smith Valley, NV
- 2.3 31km SE of Bodie, CA
- 1.8 30km S of Smith Valley, NV
- 2.1 31km SE of Markleeville, CA
- 2.2 32km SE of Markleeville, CA
- 2.1 13km SSE of Bodie, CA
- 1.6 33km SE of Markleeville, 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 4,000,000 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
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