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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

7km E of Shaver Lake, CA

· 36 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 47 kmFresno County 53 kmMariposa County 80 kmMono County 96 kmTulare County 105 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 2.6 (md)
Depth
36 km below the surface
Felt
8 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Madera County, 47 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3012 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 8 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 37.0977, -119.2353. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 47 km (29 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Fresno County, CA 53 km (33 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Mariposa County, CA 80 km (50 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Mono County, CA 96 km (60 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Tulare County, CA 105 km (65 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Tuolumne County, CA 121 km (75 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 29km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  2. 1.6 19km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  3. 1.9 15km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  4. 1.9 27km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  5. 1.9 2km E of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  6. 2.0 5km E of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  7. 1.9 5km E of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  8. 2.0 3km ENE of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  9. 3.1 10km NNE of Oakhurst, CA
  10. 1.6 9km NE of North Fork, CA
  11. 1.7 22km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  12. 2.2 10km E of North Fork, CA
  13. 2.0 16km ENE of Shaver Lake, CA
  14. 1.7 20km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  15. 1.9 11km ENE of Shaver Lake, 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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