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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

5 km N of Shaver Lake, California

· 32 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 39 kmFresno County 54 kmMariposa County 70 kmMono County 93 kmTuolumne County 112 kmTulare County 114 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
32 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Madera County, 39 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3460 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 37.1575, -119.3123. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 39 km (24 mi) E of here earthquakes near Madera County
Fresno County, CA 54 km (33 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Mariposa County, CA 70 km (44 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Mono County, CA 93 km (58 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Tuolumne County, CA 112 km (70 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Tulare County, CA 114 km (71 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tulare County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 13 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, California
  2. 2.6 24 km E of Fish Camp, California
  3. 1.7 8 km W of Big Creek, California
  4. 2.4 14 km S of Shaver Lake, California
  5. 2.2 19 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  6. 2.0 8km NNW of Ahwahnee, CA
  7. 1.8 29 km NE of Bass Lake, California
  8. 1.7 19 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  9. 1.7 19 km SW of Aspen Springs, California
  10. 1.6 California-Nevada border region

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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