Moderate Quake Near Mammoth Lakes

Aftershocks continue after a 4.6 earthquake shook the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Central California early Tuesday morning. The quake struck just after 12:20am (Pacific Coast time). So far there have been more than 160 aftershocks. Four of the aftershocks have been 3.0 or higher, with the largest being 3.6. The quake was preceeded by a 3.6 foreshock.

Hundreds of people throughout central California and Western Nevada have reported feeling the quake. Some of the stronger aftershocks have been felt by people in the vicinity of the epicenter.

The map here shows the area affected by this series of earthquakes.

This region of the Sierra Nevada's is very familiar with earthquakes. The last strong quake to register above 5.0 was back on May 15, 1999. When the area experienced a 5.6 quake. Even stronger damaging quakes ocurred in 1980.

Explore our Northern California historical Quake maps located on the right side of our website to see quakes in this area over the years.