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M 2.5md

Earthquake near Clovis, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Clovis in the 24 hours to 8:32 am PST (16:32 UTC). The last one was M 5.7, 286 km (177 mi) NNE, at 6:29 pm PDT on 13 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 6,515 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Clovis

This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 48 km (30 mi) north-northeast of Clovis, CA, at 2:05 am PDT on 11 October 2025 (09:05 UTC), 35 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

USGS: 2 km WNW of North Fork, CA

55 km (34 mi) NNE of Fresno, CA · 47 km (29 mi) NNE of Clovis, CA

2:05 am PDT, Oct 11, 2025 · · 35 km deep · released about 180 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Madera County 19 kmMariposa County 50 kmFresno County 54 kmTuolumne County 95 kmMono County 95 kmMerced County 105 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
2:05 am PDT on 11 October 2025 ()
Where
48 km (30 mi) north-northeast of Clovis, CA · earthquakes near Clovis
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
35 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Madera County, 19 km W
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 315 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Clovis, 48 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Oakhurst, Coarsegold, Auberry, Yosemite Lakes, Ahwahnee.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 86,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 61,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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 since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 37.2352, -119.5337. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Madera County, CA 19 km (12 mi) W earthquakes near Madera County
Mariposa County, CA 50 km (31 mi) NW earthquakes near Mariposa County
Fresno County, CA 54 km (33 mi) SSW earthquakes near Fresno County
Tuolumne County, CA 95 km (59 mi) NNW earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Mono County, CA 95 km (59 mi) NE earthquakes near Mono County
Merced County, CA 105 km (65 mi) W earthquakes near Merced 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. 2.3 24 km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  2. 1.7 7 km E of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  3. 1.7 22 km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  4. 2.5 22 km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  5. 1.8 11 km S of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  6. 1.7 7 km ENE of Bonadelle Ranchos-Madera Ranchos, CA
  7. 1.8 14 km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  8. 1.9 8 km ESE of Coarsegold, CA
  9. 1.7 23 km WSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  10. 1.5 29 km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA
  11. 1.9 7 km N of Shaver Lake, CA
  12. 1.6 31 km NNE of North Fork, CA
  13. 2.0 8 km ESE of Coarsegold, CA
  14. 1.7 16 km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
  15. 2.1 9 km E of Friant, 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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