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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

2km S of Oakhurst, CA

· 25 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 14 kmMariposa County 37 kmFresno County 61 kmTuolumne County 84 kmMono County 96 kmMerced County 96 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 1.5 (md)
Depth
25 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 14 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2397 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 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 37.3103, -119.6490. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 14 km (9 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 37 km (23 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Fresno County, CA 61 km (38 mi) N of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Tuolumne County, CA 84 km (52 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Mono County, CA 96 km (60 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Merced County, CA 96 km (60 mi) E of here earthquakes near Merced County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 20km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  2. 1.8 20km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  3. 1.5 22km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  4. 1.5 22km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  5. 1.6 20km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  6. 2.5 19km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  7. 1.7 24km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  8. 1.6 4km WSW of Auberry, CA
  9. 1.6 20km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  10. 1.8 3 km NNW of Shaver Lake, California
  11. 1.8 2km NNW of Coarsegold, CA
  12. 1.7 26km NNE of Shaver Lake, CA
  13. 2.1 10km NE of Fairmead, CA
  14. 1.5 20km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  15. 2.0 15km SSW of Bootjack, 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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