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M 2.8md
Earthquake near Oakhurst, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Oakhurst in the 24 hours to 12:28 pm PST (20:28 UTC). The last one was M 5.7, 230 km (143 mi) NNE, at 6:29 pm PDT on 13 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 6,515 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Oakhurst
This page: a magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) east of Oakhurst, CA, at 1:13 am PST on 21 January 2020 (09:13 UTC), 40 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 10km N of North Fork, CA
64 km (40 mi) NNE of Fresno, CA · 56 km (35 mi) NNE of Clovis, CA
- When
- 1:13 am PST on 21 January 2020 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) east of Oakhurst, CA · earthquakes near Oakhurst
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (md)
- Depth
- 40 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity I
- Nearest
- Madera County, 23 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2409 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Oakhurst, 10 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Coarsegold, Ahwahnee, Yosemite Lakes, Auberry.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 530 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 29,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 20,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.8× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 530 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 37.3165, -119.5335. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madera County, CA | 23 km (14 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 44 km (27 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Fresno County, CA | 63 km (39 mi) | S | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 87 km (54 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Mono County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Merced County, CA | 106 km (66 mi) | W | earthquakes near Merced County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
32 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 4km NW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
- 3.2 5km ESE of Shaver Lake, CA
- 2.1 7km SSW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
- 1.8 18km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.6 18km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 2.8 18km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.9 18km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.8 20km SSW of Bootjack, CA
- 1.9 7km N of North Fork, CA
- 1.9 6km W of Yosemite Lakes, CA
- 1.6 3km NNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
- 1.7 16km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.9 20km SSW of Bootjack, CA
- 2.1 6km SSE of Shaver Lake, CA
- 2.1 18km SSW of Mariposa, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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