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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Bishop, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Bishop in the 24 hours to 8:48 am PST (16:48 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 1.6 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) northeast of Bishop, CA, at 12:04 am PDT on 23 August 2026 (07:04 UTC), 6.9 km deep.
USGS: 4 km NW of Dyer, Nevada
- When
- 12:04 am PDT on 23 August 2026 ()
- Where
- 45 km (28 mi) northeast of Bishop, CA · earthquakes near Bishop
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Esmeralda County, 43 km ENE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Fish Lake Valley fault, 3 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 71 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 Bishop, 45 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 7.3 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× 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 7.3 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 55,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 24 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 The 1986 Chalfant Valley, California Earthquake · 35 km WSW of this epicentre
- 6.1 Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada · 35 km NNE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Near Bishop, California · 50 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.9 18 km NNE of Mesa, California · 33 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.8 10 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 34 km SW 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 37.6991, -118.1060. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esmeralda County, NV | 43 km (26 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Mono County, CA | 72 km (45 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Mineral County, NV | 95 km (59 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Mineral County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
14 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 12 km NW of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 1.9 29 km SSE of Mina, Nevada
- 1.5 26 km S of Dyer, Nevada
- 1.6 31 km NE of Benton, California
- 2.2 16 km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 2.2 6 km S of Deep Springs, CA
- 2.3 38 km NNE of Toms Place, CA
- 2.4 38 km NNE of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 32 km N of Dyer, Nevada
- 2.0 5 km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
- 1.6 3 km N of West Bishop, CA
- 2.0 21 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada
- 2.3 29 km ENE of Benton, California
- 2.1 11 km N of Deep Springs, 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
- 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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