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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

6km E of Friant, CA

· 19 km deep · released about 250 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fresno County 24 kmMadera County 27 kmMariposa County 70 kmMerced County 98 kmKings County 102 kmTulare County 114 kmTuolumne County 119 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
19 km below the surface
Felt
8 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Fresno County, 24 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1907 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 250 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 61,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 43,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 250 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 36.9782, -119.6507. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Fresno County, CA 24 km (15 mi) N of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Madera County, CA 27 km (17 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 70 km (44 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Merced County, CA 98 km (61 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Kings County, CA 102 km (63 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kings County
Tulare County, CA 114 km (71 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Tulare County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 19km S of Mariposa, CA
  2. 2.1 9km W of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  3. 2.2 19km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  4. 1.5 2km S of Oakhurst, CA
  5. 2.0 18km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  6. 1.6 21km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  7. 2.2 10km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA
  8. 2.4 11km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA
  9. 2.0 14km E of North Fork, CA
  10. 1.8 5km WSW of Oakhurst, CA
  11. 2.1 7km SSE of Shaver Lake, CA
  12. 2.0 5km ESE of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  13. 2.8 10km N of North Fork, CA
  14. 1.6 7km ESE of Coarsegold, CA
  15. 2.3 6km S 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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