Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5md
22km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mariposa County, 49 km W
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2265 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 5.6 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 37.6373, -119.3628. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariposa County, CA | 49 km (30 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Mono County, CA | 53 km (33 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Madera County, CA | 59 km (36 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Fresno County, CA | 101 km (63 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Alpine County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Alpine County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 6km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.8 20km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.5 11km NNE of North Fork, CA
- 2.4 3km ENE of Bootjack, CA
- 2.1 17km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.7 17km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.7 13km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.1 8km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.5 13km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 12km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.5 12km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 12km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.4 12km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.7 12km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.5 13km E of Mammoth Lakes, 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.4 on 2020-02-01 — it released about 22,000 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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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