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M 2.1md

10km NE of Fairmead, CA

· 17 km deep · released about 51 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 33 kmMariposa County 53 kmMerced County 55 kmFresno County 57 kmStanislaus County 93 kmTuolumne County 100 kmSan Benito County 104 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 33 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2216 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 51 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 5.8 300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 210,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 51 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 37.1267, -120.1057. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 33 km (20 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 53 km (33 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Merced County, CA 55 km (34 mi) E of here earthquakes near Merced County
Fresno County, CA 57 km (35 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Stanislaus County, CA 93 km (58 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Stanislaus County
Tuolumne County, CA 100 km (62 mi) S of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 7km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  2. 2.0 17km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  3. 2.0 8km W of North Fork, CA
  4. 2.2 7km SE of Fairmead, CA
  5. 2.5 6km NNW of Fresno, CA
  6. 2.1 12km WNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  7. 2.5 18km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  8. 1.5 7km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  9. 1.9 4km NE of Fairmead, CA
  10. 2.1 6km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  11. 2.1 0km SW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  12. 2.1 12km S of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  13. 2.1 6km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  14. 1.7 7km W of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  15. 2.4 21km 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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