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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

7km N of Oakhurst, CA

· 20 km deep · released about 6.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 23 kmMariposa County 31 kmFresno County 70 kmTuolumne County 75 kmMono County 89 kmMerced County 98 kmCalaveras County 120 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 23 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1756 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 6.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 37.3942, -119.6385. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 23 km (14 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 31 km (19 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Fresno County, CA 70 km (44 mi) N of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Tuolumne County, CA 75 km (47 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Mono County, CA 89 km (55 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Merced County, CA 98 km (61 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

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

  1. 1.9 16km ENE of Midpines, CA
  2. 2.2 12km N of Madera Acres, CA
  3. 1.8 8km NE of Ahwahnee, CA
  4. 2.2 3km SE of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  5. 1.7 17km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  6. 2.1 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  7. 2.4 21km S of Mariposa, CA
  8. 2.2 21km ENE of Le Grand, CA
  9. 1.9 7km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  10. 2.2 7km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  11. 1.9 28km NE of North Fork, CA
  12. 1.5 3km WSW of Oakhurst, CA
  13. 1.7 9km ENE of Midpines, CA
  14. 2.0 13km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  15. 2.2 22km ENE of Le Grand, 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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