Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7md
Earthquake near Midpines, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Midpines in the 24 hours to 3:04 am PST (11:04 UTC). The last one was M 5.2, 210 km (131 mi) NNE, at 1:17 am PDT on 1 May 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,875 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Midpines
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) east-northeast of Midpines, CA, at 12:02 pm PDT on 20 April 2022 (19:02 UTC), 29 km deep.
USGS: 9km ENE of Midpines, CA
89 km (55 mi) N of Fresno, CA
- When
- 12:02 pm PDT on 20 April 2022 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) east-northeast of Midpines, CA · earthquakes near Midpines
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 29 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mariposa County, 7 km W
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1665 days ago
Earthquake alerts for Midpines, CA
Get a notification in this browser when USGS records an earthquake near Midpines, CA. No account or email needed.
Alerts are on for .
Not a warning. An alert comes after USGS publishes a quake, usually minutes after the shaking. For early warning use ShakeAlert, through your phone's Wireless Emergency Alerts or the MyShake app.
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Midpines, 9 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Mariposa, Ahwahnee, Yosemite Valley.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 37.5815, -119.8277. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariposa County, CA | 7 km (5 mi) | W | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Madera County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | S | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 50 km (31 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Merced County, CA | 90 km (56 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Merced County |
| Mono County, CA | 92 km (57 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Fresno County, CA | 93 km (57 mi) | S | earthquakes near Fresno County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 10km S of Mariposa, CA
- 1.8 11km S of Mariposa, CA
- 2.4 20km ENE of Le Grand, CA
- 1.6 7km NE of Ahwahnee, CA
- 2.0 10km SSW of Mariposa, CA
- 2.3 10km SSW of Mariposa, CA
- 1.7 22km ENE of Le Grand, CA
- 2.1 22km ENE of Le Grand, CA
- 2.5 24km ENE of Oakhurst, CA
- 1.5 32km NE of North Fork, CA
- 1.7 29km NE of Oakhurst, CA
- 1.7 29km NE of Oakhurst, CA
- 2.3 21km SSW of Bootjack, CA
- 2.4 10km SSW of Mariposa, CA
- 1.6 22km SSW of Bootjack, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.