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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

12km WNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA

· 24 km deep · released about 47 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 13 kmMariposa County 37 kmFresno County 57 kmMerced County 73 kmTuolumne County 87 kmStanislaus County 104 kmMono County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 13 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1705 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 47 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 20× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 47 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 37.2402, -119.8952. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 13 km (8 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 37 km (23 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Fresno County, CA 57 km (36 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Merced County, CA 73 km (46 mi) E of here earthquakes near Merced County
Tuolumne County, CA 87 km (54 mi) S of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Stanislaus County, CA 104 km (65 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Stanislaus County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 6km ESE of Coarsegold, CA
  2. 1.7 8km SSE of Bootjack, CA
  3. 2.1 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  4. 2.1 20km ENE of Le Grand, CA
  5. 2.0 6km NW of Friant, CA
  6. 2.5 21km S of Mariposa, CA
  7. 2.1 17km NE of Midpines, CA
  8. 2.1 5km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  9. 1.7 11km ENE of Midpines, CA
  10. 1.9 14km ENE of Midpines, CA
  11. 2.1 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  12. 1.9 16km ENE of Midpines, CA
  13. 2.2 12km N of Madera Acres, CA
  14. 1.8 8km NE of Ahwahnee, CA
  15. 2.2 3km SE of Yosemite 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.

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