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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

20 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California

· 5.9 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mariposa County 46 kmMono County 56 kmMadera County 56 kmTuolumne County 66 kmFresno County 99 kmAlpine County 116 kmCalaveras County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
5.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mariposa County, 46 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3516 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.9 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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.

Where

Epicentre 37.6295, -119.3992. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mariposa County, CA 46 km (28 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Mono County, CA 56 km (35 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Madera County, CA 56 km (35 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Tuolumne County, CA 66 km (41 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Fresno County, CA 99 km (62 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Alpine County, CA 116 km (72 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Alpine County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.4 7 km SSE of Fish Camp, California
  2. 1.6 5 km SSE of Fish Camp, California
  3. 2.3 17 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California
  4. 1.5 11 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  5. 1.9 11 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  6. 1.6 23 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, California
  7. 1.6 4 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  8. 1.7 4 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  9. 1.7 4 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California
  10. 1.9 29 km E of Fish Camp, California
  11. 2.2 17 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California
  12. 1.7 28 km E of Fish Camp, California
  13. 2.1 8 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California
  14. 2.4 Central California
  15. 2.2 12 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, 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.

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