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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

5km ENE of West Park, CA

· 27 km deep · released about 270 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fresno County 13 kmMadera County 53 kmKings County 73 kmMariposa County 94 kmMerced County 97 kmTulare County 107 kmSan Benito County 115 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 2.6 (ml)
Depth
27 km below the surface
Felt
6 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Fresno County, 13 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2038 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 270 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 57,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 40,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 270 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 36.7328, -119.8003. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Fresno County, CA 13 km (8 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Madera County, CA 53 km (33 mi) S of here earthquakes near Madera County
Kings County, CA 73 km (46 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kings County
Mariposa County, CA 94 km (58 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Merced County, CA 97 km (60 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Tulare County, CA 107 km (66 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Tulare County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 5km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  2. 2.5 4km E of Orange Cove, CA
  3. 2.1 6km SSE of Riverdale, CA
  4. 2.1 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  5. 2.0 6km NW of Friant, CA
  6. 2.1 5km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  7. 2.1 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  8. 2.2 12km N of Madera Acres, CA
  9. 2.2 3km SE of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  10. 2.1 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  11. 1.9 7km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  12. 2.2 7km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  13. 2.4 5km S of Lanare, CA
  14. 2.3 13km NW of Squaw Valley, CA
  15. 2.3 16km SSW of Fairmead, 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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