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M 1.7md

10km W of Ahwahnee, CA

· 33 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 20 kmMariposa County 24 kmFresno County 70 kmTuolumne County 73 kmMerced County 81 kmMono County 104 kmStanislaus County 105 kmCalaveras County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
33 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 20 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2572 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 11 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 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 37.3713, -119.8370. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 20 km (12 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 24 km (15 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Fresno County, CA 70 km (43 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Tuolumne County, CA 73 km (45 mi) S of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Merced County, CA 81 km (50 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Mono County, CA 104 km (65 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mono County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 18km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  2. 1.8 20km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  3. 1.9 7km N of North Fork, CA
  4. 1.9 6km W of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  5. 1.6 3km NNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  6. 1.7 16km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  7. 1.9 20km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  8. 2.1 18km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  9. 1.9 19km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  10. 2.7 18km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  11. 1.8 19km S of Mariposa, CA
  12. 1.6 19km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  13. 2.1 9km W of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  14. 2.2 19km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  15. 1.5 28km NE of Oakhurst, 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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