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M 1.6md

10km S of Bootjack, CA

· 29 km deep · released about 8.1 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 21 kmMariposa County 23 kmFresno County 71 kmTuolumne County 72 kmMerced County 79 kmStanislaus County 103 kmMono County 106 kmCalaveras County 109 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
29 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 21 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2498 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 8.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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 37.3757, -119.8617. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 21 km (13 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 23 km (14 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Fresno County, CA 71 km (44 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Tuolumne County, CA 72 km (45 mi) S of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Merced County, CA 79 km (49 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Stanislaus County, CA 103 km (64 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

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

  1. 2.0 15km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  2. 1.5 11km NNE of North Fork, CA
  3. 2.4 3km ENE of Bootjack, CA
  4. 1.5 16km ESE of Groveland-Big Oak Flat, CA
  5. 1.6 16km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  6. 1.9 18km SSW of Yosemite Village, CA
  7. 2.3 20km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  8. 2.0 11km S of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  9. 2.0 6km W of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  10. 1.9 9km NNW of Ahwahnee, CA
  11. 2.1 2km NW of North Fork, CA
  12. 1.9 9km WSW of Mariposa, CA
  13. 1.8 18km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  14. 1.8 17km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  15. 1.8 12km NNE of North Fork, 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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