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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

13km NW of Yosemite Lakes, CA

· 3.7 km deep · released about 35 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 13 kmMariposa County 33 kmFresno County 60 kmMerced County 76 kmTuolumne County 83 kmStanislaus County 105 kmMono County 113 kmCalaveras County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
3.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 13 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3009 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 35 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 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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 37.2760, -119.8717. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 13 km (8 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 33 km (21 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Fresno County, CA 60 km (38 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Merced County, CA 76 km (47 mi) E of here earthquakes near Merced County
Tuolumne County, CA 83 km (52 mi) S of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Stanislaus County, CA 105 km (65 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Stanislaus County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 17km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  2. 2.1 9km N of Clovis, CA
  3. 1.8 17km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  4. 2.1 16km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  5. 1.6 17km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  6. 2.2 8km SSE of Friant, CA
  7. 1.9 17km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  8. 1.9 12km NNE of North Fork, CA
  9. 2.1 2km E of Parkwood, CA
  10. 2.2 10km SE of Friant, CA
  11. 1.7 23km NE of North Fork, CA
  12. 2.0 11km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  13. 1.6 22km NE of Ahwahnee, CA
  14. 2.3 9km NNE of Oakhurst, CA
  15. 2.1 3km NW of Yosemite Lakes, 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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