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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Lone Pine, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Lone Pine in the 24 hours to 7:58 pm PST (03:58 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 16 km (10 mi) SE, at 9:24 pm PDT on 29 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Lone Pine
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Lone Pine, CA, at 6:21 pm PDT on 6 October 2024 (01:21 UTC), 3.9 km deep.
USGS: 44 km ENE of Independence, California
- When
- 6:21 pm PDT on 6 October 2024 ()
- Where
- 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Lone Pine, CA · earthquakes near Lone Pine
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 3.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Inyo County, 48 km SE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Hunter Mountain- Saline Valley fault, 21 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 767 days ago
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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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Lone Pine, 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 75,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.1 46km E of Big Pine, California · 28 km N of this epicentre
- 5.5 10 km N of Independence, California · 43 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 36.9152, -117.7159. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inyo County, CA | 48 km (30 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 96 km (60 mi) | N | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Tulare County, CA | 122 km (76 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Mono County, CA | 151 km (94 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Nye County, NV | 161 km (100 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Nye County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
31 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 62 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada
- 1.6 45 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.9 39 km ENE of Independence, California
- 2.1 48 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.9 63 km NNE of Keeler, California
- 1.6 61 km NNE of Keeler, California
- 1.8 5 km E of Independence, CA
- 2.1 48 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.5 48 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.6 48 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.8 51 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.5 46 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.8 44 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 2.1 49 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.7 48 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
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
- 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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