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M 1.7md
Earthquake near Oakhurst, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Oakhurst in the 24 hours to 12:38 pm PST (20:38 UTC). The last one was M 5.7, 230 km (143 mi) NNE, at 6:29 pm PDT on 13 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 6,515 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Oakhurst
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 30 km (18 mi) northeast of Oakhurst, CA, at 4:28 am PDT on 3 May 2021 (11:28 UTC), 18 km deep.
USGS: 30km NE of Oakhurst, CA
86 km (53 mi) NNE of Fresno, CA
- When
- 4:28 am PDT on 3 May 2021 ()
- Where
- 30 km (18 mi) northeast of Oakhurst, CA · earthquakes near Oakhurst
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 18 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 2018 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Oakhurst, 30 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2020-04-05 — about 3,300 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.1 11 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 49 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.0 7 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 47 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.9 8 km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 47 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.9 11 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 46 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.7 12 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 50 km ENE of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 37.4778, -119.3723. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madera County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 49 km (30 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Mono County, CA | 65 km (41 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 80 km (50 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Fresno County, CA | 84 km (52 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Merced County, CA | 123 km (77 mi) | WSW | 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.
- 1.7 12km S of Bootjack, CA
- 1.7 14km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 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
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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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