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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

23 km NE of Bass Lake, California

· 5.5 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 44 kmMariposa County 51 kmMono County 66 kmFresno County 82 kmTuolumne County 83 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
5.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 44 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3468 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 8.7 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 37.4532, -119.3522. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 44 km (28 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 51 km (32 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Mono County, CA 66 km (41 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Fresno County, CA 82 km (51 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Tuolumne County, CA 83 km (52 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Calaveras County, CA 134 km (83 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Calaveras County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 10 km W of Aspen Springs, California
  2. 1.6 11 km W of Aspen Springs, California
  3. 1.6 10 km W of Aspen Springs, California
  4. 1.6 10 km W of Aspen Springs, California
  5. 2.6 10 km W of Aspen Springs, California
  6. 1.9 14 km E of Yosemite Valley, California
  7. 1.6 13 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California
  8. 1.8 11 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, California
  9. 2.7 8 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California
  10. 1.5 10 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California
  11. 1.6 10 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California
  12. 1.5 10 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California
  13. 1.8 11 km W of Aspen Springs, California
  14. 1.5 12 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California
  15. 1.6 10 km W of Aspen Springs, 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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