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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

3km WSW of Oakhurst, CA

· 27 km deep · released about 6.2 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 13 kmMariposa County 35 kmFresno County 62 kmTuolumne County 82 kmMerced County 93 kmMono County 97 kmStanislaus County 120 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 1.5 (md)
Depth
27 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 13 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1620 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 6.2 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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 37.3162, -119.6800. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 13 km (8 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 35 km (22 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Fresno County, CA 62 km (38 mi) N of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Tuolumne County, CA 82 km (51 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Merced County, CA 93 km (58 mi) E of here earthquakes near Merced County
Mono County, CA 97 km (60 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mono 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. 2.5 28km NE of Oakhurst, CA
  2. 2.3 21km S of Mariposa, CA
  3. 1.6 29km NE of Oakhurst, CA
  4. 2.3 21km S of Mariposa, CA
  5. 1.7 22km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  6. 1.8 12km NW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  7. 1.9 6km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  8. 1.7 22km ENE of Le Grand, CA
  9. 2.0 4km SE of Shaver Lake, CA
  10. 3.0 19km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  11. 1.7 5km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  12. 1.8 5km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  13. 2.3 21km S of Mariposa, CA
  14. 1.7 19km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  15. 2.1 19km SE of Yosemite Valley, 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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