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M 2.3md

6km SE of Shaver Lake, CA

· 40 km deep · released about 77 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 45 kmFresno County 47 kmMariposa County 80 kmMono County 102 kmTulare County 102 kmKings County 120 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
40 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 45 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1887 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 77 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 77 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 37.0590, -119.2803. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 45 km (28 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Fresno County, CA 47 km (29 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Mariposa County, CA 80 km (50 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Mono County, CA 102 km (63 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Tulare County, CA 102 km (64 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Kings County, CA 120 km (74 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Kings County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 8km W of North Fork, CA
  2. 1.5 7km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  3. 1.5 31km SSW of Round Valley, CA
  4. 2.0 30km ENE of Shaver Lake, CA
  5. 1.8 29km NE of Oakhurst, CA
  6. 1.9 30km NE of Oakhurst, CA
  7. 2.2 11km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA
  8. 2.1 6km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  9. 2.3 6km NE of Orange Cove, CA
  10. 1.5 32km ENE of Shaver Lake, CA
  11. 2.1 4km WSW of Squaw Valley, CA
  12. 2.1 0km SW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  13. 2.1 12km S of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  14. 2.1 6km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  15. 1.6 7km N 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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