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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

16km ESE of Groveland-Big Oak Flat, CA

· 31 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tuolumne County 25 kmMariposa County 27 kmCalaveras County 63 kmMadera County 70 kmStanislaus County 89 kmAmador County 90 kmMerced County 91 kmAlpine County 94 kmMono County 102 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
31 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Tuolumne County, 25 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2238 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 5.7 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 2,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 37.7995, -120.0312. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tuolumne County, CA 25 km (16 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Mariposa County, CA 27 km (17 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Calaveras County, CA 63 km (39 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Calaveras County
Madera County, CA 70 km (44 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Madera County
Stanislaus County, CA 89 km (56 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Stanislaus County
Amador County, CA 90 km (56 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Amador County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 9 km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  2. 2.4 11 km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  3. 2.0 3 km NNE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  4. 1.6 19 km S of Yosemite Valley, CA
  5. 2.1 18 km S of Yosemite Valley, CA
  6. 2.4 9 km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  7. 2.2 14 km SW of Bootjack, CA
  8. 2.0 9km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  9. 2.3 10km S of Mariposa, CA
  10. 2.2 9km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  11. 2.2 10km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  12. 2.0 11km S of Mariposa, CA
  13. 2.2 9km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  14. 1.6 10km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  15. 1.6 11km 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.

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