Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.8ml
18km SSE of Shaver Lake, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 33 km below the surface
- Felt
- 32 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Fresno County, 39 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1907 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 32 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 420 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 36,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 26,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.3× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 420 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 36.9413, -119.2742. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresno County, CA | 39 km (24 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Madera County, CA | 52 km (32 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 90 km (56 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Tulare County, CA | 91 km (56 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Kings County, CA | 108 km (67 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Mono County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 5km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
- 2.5 4km E of Orange Cove, CA
- 2.1 6km ESE of Coarsegold, CA
- 2.1 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
- 2.0 6km NW of Friant, CA
- 2.1 5km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
- 2.1 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
- 2.2 3km SE of Yosemite Lakes, CA
- 2.1 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
- 1.9 7km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
- 2.2 7km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
- 2.3 13km NW of Squaw Valley, CA
- 2.1 5km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
- 2.4 6km E of Orange Cove, CA
- 1.8 12km NNE of North Fork, 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.
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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