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M 2.1md

6km SSE of Shaver Lake, CA

· 41 km deep · released about 47 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 45 kmFresno County 46 kmMariposa County 80 kmTulare County 102 kmMono County 102 kmKings 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 2.1 (md)
Depth
41 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 45 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2375 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 47 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 20× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 47 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 37.0543, -119.2823. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 45 km (28 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Fresno County, CA 46 km (29 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Mariposa County, CA 80 km (50 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Tulare County, CA 102 km (63 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Mono County, CA 102 km (64 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Kings County, CA 119 km (74 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Kings County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 4km N of Shaver Lake, CA
  2. 1.6 4km WSW of Auberry, CA
  3. 1.8 3 km NNW of Shaver Lake, California
  4. 1.8 2km NNW of Coarsegold, CA
  5. 1.5 33km NE of Shaver Lake, CA
  6. 1.7 26km NNE of Shaver Lake, CA
  7. 2.1 2km SW of Shaver Lake, CA
  8. 1.5 11km NNE of North Fork, CA
  9. 1.7 25km WSW of Round Valley, CA
  10. 2.0 11km S of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  11. 2.1 2km NW of North Fork, CA
  12. 2.5 20km NE of Shaver Lake, CA
  13. 1.8 12km NNE of North Fork, CA
  14. 1.9 4km NW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  15. 3.2 5km ESE 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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