Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.2ml
27 km NE of Buck Meadows, California
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Tuolumne County, 16 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1603 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 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 37.9537, -119.8078. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuolumne County, CA | 16 km (10 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 43 km (27 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Calaveras County, CA | 70 km (44 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Calaveras County |
| Alpine County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Alpine County |
| Mono County, CA | 82 km (51 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Madera County, CA | 83 km (51 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Madera 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.
- 1.7 17km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.8 18km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.6 19km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 2.8 19km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.9 18km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 2.5 19km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 2.0 19km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 2.3 18 km SE of Yosemite Valley, California
- 2.2 19km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.5 16km ESE of Groveland-Big Oak Flat, CA
- 1.6 16km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA
- 1.9 18km SSW of Yosemite Village, CA
- 1.8 17km 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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