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quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3md

6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA

· -0.4 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 24 kmFresno County 29 kmMariposa County 65 kmMerced County 84 kmKings County 103 kmTuolumne County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
-0.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Madera County, 24 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 803 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 85 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 5.8 180,000× 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 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 36.9962, -119.8055. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Madera County, CA 24 km (15 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Madera County
Fresno County, CA 29 km (18 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Mariposa County, CA 65 km (40 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Merced County, CA 84 km (52 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Kings County, CA 103 km (64 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kings County
Tuolumne County, CA 115 km (71 mi) S of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 6 km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  2. 1.8 12 km NNW of Friant, CA
  3. 1.9 5 km E of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  4. 2.0 2 km ENE of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  5. 1.7 15 km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  6. 2.1 9 km NE of Ahwahnee, CA
  7. 2.2 10 km WSW of Chowchilla, CA
  8. 1.8 6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  9. 1.8 1 km NE of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  10. 2.2 12 km NNE of Friant, CA
  11. 1.7 6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  12. 2.0 6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  13. 2.1 11 km SSW of Mariposa, CA
  14. 1.6 6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  15. 2.1 15 km 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.

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