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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Bishop, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Bishop in the 24 hours to 1:24 pm PST (21:24 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 9 km (5 mi) NW, at 9:02 pm PDT on 30 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Bishop
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) east of Bishop, CA, at 2:45 pm PDT on 19 July 2025 (21:45 UTC), 7.8 km deep.
USGS: 37 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada
- When
- 2:45 pm PDT on 19 July 2025 ()
- Where
- 43 km (27 mi) east of Bishop, CA · earthquakes near Bishop
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Esmeralda County, 54 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Fish Lake Valley fault, 7 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 479 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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Bishop, 43 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 2016-02-16 — about 80,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.1 46km E of Big Pine, California · 24 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Near Bishop, California · 45 km W of this epicentre
- 5.8 10 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 43 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.6 24 km WSW of Dyer, Nevada · 49 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.5 4 km SSW of Bishop, California · 45 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 37.3502, -117.9085. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esmeralda County, NV | 54 km (33 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Inyo County, CA | 98 km (61 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Mono County, CA | 106 km (66 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Mono County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 43 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada
- 1.6 21 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.6 20 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 2.1 21 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.9 7 km SE of Deep Springs, CA
- 2.2 11 km ENE of Big Pine, CA
- 1.5 15 km NE of Big Pine, California
- 1.5 12 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 1.5 57 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada
- 1.8 28 km S of Dyer, Nevada
- 1.7 38 km ENE of Big Pine, California
- 1.9 3 km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 1.8 23 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada
- 1.8 40 km ENE of Independence, California
- 1.8 11 km NE of Big Pine, California
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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