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M 2.3md

10 km WSW of Mariposa, CA

· 20 km deep · released about 88 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mariposa County 20 kmMadera County 38 kmMerced County 64 kmTuolumne County 65 kmStanislaus County 83 kmFresno County 84 kmCalaveras County 93 kmMono County 117 kmSan Joaquin County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Mariposa County, 20 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 167 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 88 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 5.8 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120,000× 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 88 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 37.4442, -120.0695. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mariposa County, CA 20 km (12 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Mariposa County
Madera County, CA 38 km (24 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Madera County
Merced County, CA 64 km (40 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Tuolumne County, CA 65 km (40 mi) S of here earthquakes near Tuolumne County
Stanislaus County, CA 83 km (52 mi) E of here earthquakes near Stanislaus County
Fresno County, CA 84 km (52 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Fresno County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 7 km E of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  2. 1.8 11 km S of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  3. 1.8 14 km SSW of Bootjack, CA
  4. 1.9 8 km ESE of Coarsegold, CA
  5. 2.0 8 km ESE of Coarsegold, CA
  6. 2.0 9 km ESE of Coarsegold, CA
  7. 1.7 8 km ESE of Coarsegold, CA
  8. 2.7 8 km NW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  9. 2.1 11 km S of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  10. 2.2 17 km NW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  11. 2.1 12 km NNW of Friant, CA
  12. 2.1 17 km NW of Yosemite Lakes, CA
  13. 1.8 10 km SW of Yosemite Village, 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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