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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

4km NE of Fairmead, CA

· 22 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 38 kmMerced County 51 kmMariposa County 57 kmFresno County 59 kmStanislaus County 91 kmSan Benito County 99 kmTuolumne County 104 kmKings County 118 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 38 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1723 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 730,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 520,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 46× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 37.1003, -120.1592. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 38 km (24 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Madera County
Merced County, CA 51 km (32 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Mariposa County, CA 57 km (35 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Fresno County, CA 59 km (36 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Stanislaus County, CA 91 km (56 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Stanislaus County
San Benito County, CA 99 km (61 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near San Benito 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. 2.1 22km ENE of Le Grand, CA
  2. 1.6 7km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  3. 1.7 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  4. 2.3 21km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  5. 2.1 12km SSW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  6. 2.4 10km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  7. 1.6 22km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  8. 2.1 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  9. 2.3 21km S of Mariposa, CA
  10. 2.3 21km S of Mariposa, CA
  11. 1.7 22km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  12. 1.8 12km NW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  13. 1.9 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  14. 1.7 22km ENE of Le Grand, CA
  15. 3.0 19km SSW of Mariposa, 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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