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M 2.3md

6 km SE of North Fork, CA

· 42 km deep · released about 79 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 25 kmFresno County 51 kmMariposa County 58 kmMono County 96 kmTuolumne County 102 kmMerced County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
42 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 25 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 909 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 79 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 190,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 79 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 37.1920, -119.4635. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 25 km (16 mi) E of here earthquakes near Madera County
Fresno County, CA 51 km (32 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Mariposa County, CA 58 km (36 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Mono County, CA 96 km (59 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Tuolumne County, CA 102 km (64 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Merced County, CA 112 km (69 mi) E of here earthquakes near Merced County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 9 km S of Shaver Lake, CA
  2. 2.2 3 km ESE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  3. 2.0 7 km E of Friant, CA
  4. 1.5 28 km ENE of Oakhurst, CA
  5. 1.9 4 km E of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  6. 2.0 4 km ESE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  7. 2.3 11 km NNE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  8. 1.5 26 km NE of North Fork, CA
  9. 1.6 27 km NE of North Fork, CA
  10. 1.9 6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  11. 1.9 22 km SW of Bootjack, CA
  12. 2.2 6 km SW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  13. 2.1 6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  14. 2.1 18 km S of Auberry, CA
  15. 1.8 9 km ESE of North Fork, 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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