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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

4km WSW of Auberry, CA

· 6.8 km deep · released about 7.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 25 kmFresno County 36 kmMariposa County 65 kmMerced County 107 kmMono County 110 kmTuolumne County 113 kmKings County 114 kmTulare County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
6.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 25 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2195 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 7.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 37.0702, -119.5287. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 25 km (16 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Fresno County, CA 36 km (22 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Mariposa County, CA 65 km (41 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Merced County, CA 107 km (66 mi) E of here earthquakes near Merced County
Mono County, CA 110 km (69 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Tuolumne County, CA 113 km (70 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne 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. 1.5 29km NE of Oakhurst, CA
  2. 1.5 29km NE of Oakhurst, CA
  3. 1.9 7km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  4. 1.6 7km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  5. 1.8 6km NNW of Ahwahnee, CA
  6. 2.0 6km SW of North Fork, CA
  7. 1.9 4km N of Shaver Lake, CA
  8. 2.2 21km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  9. 2.4 8km ENE of North Fork, CA
  10. 2.0 6km NE of Oakhurst, CA
  11. 2.4 20km WNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  12. 1.7 29km NE of Oakhurst, CA
  13. 1.7 30km NE of Oakhurst, CA
  14. 1.9 30km NE of Oakhurst, CA
  15. 2.6 30km NE of Oakhurst, 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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