Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7md
14km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mariposa County, 44 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1500 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 10 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 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 37.6858, -119.4327. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariposa County, CA | 44 km (27 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Mono County, CA | 55 km (34 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 60 km (37 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Madera County, CA | 60 km (37 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Fresno County, CA | 105 km (65 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Alpine County, CA | 109 km (68 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Alpine County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 22km SSE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 2.4 21km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.7 9km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.7 4km WNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.8 16km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.8 14km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.8 28km NE of Oakhurst, CA
- 1.9 28km NE of Oakhurst, CA
- 1.6 10km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 25km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.6 20km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 2.2 19km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.8 19km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.6 21km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 2.2 20km ESE 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.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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