Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6md
30km NE of Oakhurst, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Madera County, 45 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1973 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 6.4 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 37.4832, -119.3735. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madera County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 49 km (30 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Mono County, CA | 65 km (40 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 79 km (49 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Fresno County, CA | 84 km (52 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Merced County, CA | 124 km (77 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Merced County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 6km SE of Shaver Lake, CA
- 1.5 Central California
- 1.6 22km NE of North Fork, CA
- 1.6 16km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 12km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.8 22km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.2 29km NE of Oakhurst, CA
- 1.7 20km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 2.2 5km SW of North Fork, CA
- 1.6 22km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.0 22km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.6 15km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.7 5km W of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.9 18km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.8 14km WSW of Toms Place, 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.0 on 2020-04-05 — it released about 5,600 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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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