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M 3.0md
Earthquake near Yosemite Valley, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Yosemite Valley in the 24 hours to 9:22 pm PST (05:22 UTC). The last one was M 2.5, 22 km (14 mi) SE, at 7:51 am PDT on 28 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Yosemite Valley
This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) southeast of Yosemite Valley, CA, at 4:20 pm PDT on 9 September 2024 (23:20 UTC), 24 km deep. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 16 km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- When
- 4:20 pm PDT on 9 September 2024 ()
- Where
- 16 km (10 mi) southeast of Yosemite Valley, CA · earthquakes near Yosemite Valley
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (md)
- Depth
- 24 km below the surface
- Felt
- 5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Mariposa County, 42 km W
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 721 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 26 km (16 mi) from the epicentre. In Yosemite Valley, 16 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.
Likely felt in: Yosemite Valley 16 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 890 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 380,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 17,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 890 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 lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.0 7 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 48 km E of this epicentre
- 5.9 8 km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 47 km E of this epicentre
- 5.4 6 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 48 km E of this epicentre
- 5.3 3 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 45 km E of this epicentre
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 37.6465, -119.4478. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariposa County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | W | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Madera County, CA | 55 km (34 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Mono County, CA | 59 km (36 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 62 km (38 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Fresno County, CA | 100 km (62 mi) | S | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Alpine County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Alpine County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 5 km S of Oakhurst, CA
- 1.9 20 km ENE of Wawona, California
- 1.5 12 km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 2.0 22 km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.9 12 km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 9 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.6 5 km NE of Oakhurst, CA
- 2.1 3 km WNW of Oakhurst, CA
- 1.9 4 km W of Oakhurst, CA
- 1.6 5 km NE of Oakhurst, CA
- 1.9 23 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.7 23 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.8 23 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 3.0 23 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.9 22 km 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.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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