Light mag. 3.5 earthquake - 53 mi east of Porterville, Tulare County, California, USA, on Monday, May 2, 2022 at 2:56 pm (GMT -7) -
Light magnitude 3.5 earthquake at 3 km depth
2 May 22:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 3 minutes.
2 May 22:42: Magnitude recalculated from 3.4 to 3.5. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 2.4 to 2.5 km (from 1.5 to 1.6 mi).
2 May 22:42: Magnitude recalculated from 3.4 to 3.5. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 2.4 to 2.5 km (from 1.5 to 1.6 mi).
Update Mon, 2 May 2022, 22:06
Small magnitude 3.4 quake hits 11 miles southwest of Olancha, California, United States early afternoon 3.4 quake 2 May 2:56 pm (GMT -7)
An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 occurred early afternoon on Monday, May 2nd, 2022, at 2:56 pm local time near Olancha, Inyo County, California, USA, as reported by the United States Geological Survey.
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a very shallow depth of 1.5 miles. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 3.4 as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 3.4.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Olancha (pop. 190) located 11 miles from the epicenter. In Alta Sierra (pop. 7,000, 39 miles away), and Ridgecrest (pop. 28,800, 42 miles away), the quake was probably not felt.
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a very shallow depth of 1.5 miles. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 3.4 as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 3.4.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Olancha (pop. 190) located 11 miles from the epicenter. In Alta Sierra (pop. 7,000, 39 miles away), and Ridgecrest (pop. 28,800, 42 miles away), the quake was probably not felt.
Earthquake data
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 2, 2022 21:56:48 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Monday, May 2, 2022 at 2:56 pm (GMT -7) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.5 |
| Depth | 2.5 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.132°N / 118.06583°W  (Inyo, California, United States) |
| Antipode | 36.132°S / 61.934°E |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Coso (25 km / 16 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Olancha (pop: 192) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) NE of Alta Sierra (Kern County) (pop: 7,050) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 67 km (42 mi) NNW of Ridgecrest (pop: 28,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) E of Porterville (pop: 56,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 92 km (57 mi) E of Lindsay (Tulare County) (pop: 13,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 112 km (70 mi) E of Visalia (pop: 130,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 114 km (71 mi) ENE of Delano (pop: 52,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 115 km (72 mi) E of Tulare (pop: 62,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 120 km (75 mi) NE of Bakersfield (pop: 373,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 408 km (253 mi) SE of Sacramento (pop: 490,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  16.6°C (62 F), humidity: 14%, wind: 5 m/s (10 kts) from W |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.1 x 1010 joules (3.12 megawatt hours, equivalent to 2.68 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.3 | 5 km | CENTRAL CALIFORNIA | EMSC |
| 3.5 | 2.5 km | 14km NW of Coso Junction, CA | USGS |
| 3.5 | 2.5 km | Central California | RaspberryShake |
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