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M 1.7md

Earthquake near Yosemite Valley, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Yosemite Valley in the 24 hours to 8:03 am PST (16:03 UTC). The last one was M 2.5, 22 km (14 mi) SE, at 7:51 am PDT on 28 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Yosemite Valley

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Yosemite Valley, CA, at 3:26 pm PST on 10 November 2018 (23:26 UTC), 7.4 km deep.

USGS: 20km SSW of Bridgeport, CA

3:26 pm PST, Nov 10, 2018 · · 7.4 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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When
3:26 pm PST on 10 November 2018 ()
Where
46 km (29 mi) northeast of Yosemite Valley, CA · earthquakes near Yosemite Valley
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
7.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mono County, 40 km ESE
Nearest mapped fault
Robinson Creek fault, 6 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2922 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Yosemite Valley, 46 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.6 on 2016-12-28 — about 620,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.8 3 km NE of Mono City, California · 15 km E of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 23 km S of Walker, California · 31 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 31 km ENE of Mono City, California · 42 km ENE of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 23 km E of Bridgeport, California · 35 km NE of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 19 km W of Bridgeport, California · 21 km NW of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 38.0842, -119.2832. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mono County, CA 40 km (25 mi) ESE earthquakes near Mono County
Tuolumne County, CA 60 km (37 mi) W earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Alpine County, CA 75 km (46 mi) NW earthquakes near Alpine County
Mariposa County, CA 79 km (49 mi) SW earthquakes near Mariposa County
Mineral County, NV 90 km (56 mi) ENE earthquakes near Mineral County
Douglas County, NV 96 km (59 mi) NNW earthquakes near Douglas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 20km SE of Bodie, CA
  2. 1.6 22 km E of Mono City, California
  3. 1.6 23 km E of Mono City, California
  4. 1.8 20km SE of Bodie, CA
  5. 2.1 19km SE of Bodie, CA
  6. 2.7 20km SE of Bodie, CA
  7. 2.3 21km SE of Bodie, CA
  8. 1.5 20 km ENE of Mono City, California
  9. 1.5 23 km E of Mono City, California
  10. 1.8 29 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  11. 1.6 35 km NE of Mono City, California
  12. 2.6 29 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  13. 2.2 30 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  14. 1.5 21km SSE of Bodie, CA
  15. 1.6 21km SE of Bodie, 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.

On USGS

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