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M 2.5md

6km NNW of Fresno, CA

· 24 km deep · released about 150 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fresno County 16 kmMadera County 42 kmMariposa County 82 kmKings County 85 kmMerced County 90 kmTulare County 114 kmSan Benito County 116 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 2.5 (md)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Fresno County, 16 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1632 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 150 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 72,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 150 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 36.8375, -119.8137. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Fresno County, CA 16 km (10 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Madera County, CA 42 km (26 mi) S of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 82 km (51 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Kings County, CA 85 km (53 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kings County
Merced County, CA 90 km (56 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Tulare County, CA 114 km (71 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Tulare County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 5 km NW of Fresno, CA
  2. 1.9 12 km W of Auberry, CA
  3. 1.9 7 km NNE of Friant, CA
  4. 2.1 5 km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  5. 2.1 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  6. 2.8 2km SSW of North Fork, CA
  7. 2.0 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  8. 1.6 12km NNW of Friant, CA
  9. 1.8 5km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  10. 2.6 5km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  11. 1.7 5km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  12. 2.0 5km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  13. 1.6 7km NE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  14. 1.7 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  15. 2.1 12km SSW 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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