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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4md

9 km S of Shaver Lake, CA

· 45 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fresno County 44 kmMadera County 46 kmMariposa County 82 kmTulare County 99 kmMono County 106 kmKings County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
45 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Fresno County, 44 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 669 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 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 37.0247, -119.2855. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Fresno County, CA 44 km (27 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Madera County, CA 46 km (29 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 82 km (51 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Tulare County, CA 99 km (62 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Mono County, CA 106 km (66 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mono County
Kings County, CA 116 km (72 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Kings County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 5 km E of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  2. 2.0 2 km ENE of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  3. 1.6 29 km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  4. 1.8 6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  5. 1.8 1 km NE of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  6. 2.2 12 km NNE of Friant, CA
  7. 1.7 6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  8. 2.0 6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  9. 1.6 6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  10. 1.8 6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  11. 2.0 5 km S of Oakhurst, CA
  12. 2.0 6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  13. 1.9 6 km E of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  14. 1.6 5 km NE of Oakhurst, CA
  15. 2.1 3 km WNW of Oakhurst, 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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