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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4md

14 km S of Shaver Lake, California

· 22 km deep · released about 130 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fresno County 40 kmMadera County 48 kmMariposa County 86 kmTulare County 95 kmKings County 110 kmMono County 111 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 2.4 (md)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Fresno County, 40 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3419 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 130 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 83,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 130 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 36.9728, -119.2968. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Fresno County, CA 40 km (25 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Madera County, CA 48 km (30 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 86 km (54 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Tulare County, CA 95 km (59 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Kings County, CA 110 km (69 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Kings County
Mono County, CA 111 km (69 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mono County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 9km N of Clovis, CA
  2. 2.2 8km SSE of Friant, CA
  3. 1.9 12km NNE of North Fork, CA
  4. 2.2 10km SE of Friant, CA
  5. 1.7 23km NE of North Fork, CA
  6. 2.0 8km N of Clovis, CA
  7. 2.6 6km E of Friant, CA
  8. 1.7 23km NNE of North Fork, CA
  9. 2.1 11km NNW of Orange Cove, CA
  10. 1.9 2km E of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  11. 2.0 5km E of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  12. 1.9 5km E of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  13. 2.0 3km ENE of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  14. 1.6 9km NE of North Fork, CA
  15. 2.2 10km E of North Fork, CA

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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