not reported · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Auberry, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Auberry in the 24 hours to 6:08 am PST (14:08 UTC). The last one was M 5.7, 254 km (158 mi) N, at 6:29 pm PDT on 13 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 6,515 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Auberry
No: USGS classifies this as a not reported, not an earthquake. A magnitude 1.5 not reported was recorded 31 km (19 mi) east-northeast of Auberry, CA, at 3:03 pm PDT on 27 July 2021 (22:03 UTC), 16 km deep.
USGS: Central California
72 km (45 mi) NE of Fresno, CA
- When
- 3:03 pm PDT on 27 July 2021 ()
- Where
- 31 km (19 mi) east-northeast of Auberry, CA · earthquakes near Auberry
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Madera County, 50 km W
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1933 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Auberry, 31 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.
USGS catalogues this as not reported, not an earthquake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2020-04-05 — about 6,700 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.2 9 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 47 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.7 14 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 44 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.5 9 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 48 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.4 12 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 48 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.3 11 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 49 km NE 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 37.2087, -119.1808. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madera County, CA | 50 km (31 mi) | W | earthquakes near Madera County |
| Fresno County, CA | 65 km (41 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Mariposa County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Mariposa County |
| Mono County, CA | 83 km (52 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Tuolumne County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Tuolumne County |
| Tulare County, CA | 115 km (71 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Tulare County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
36 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.1 15km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.6 15km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.0 10km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.9 10km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.9 6km NW of North Fork, CA
- 2.0 8km SE of Oakhurst, CA
- 1.5 27km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.8 10km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.8 14km NNE of Shaver Lake, CA
- 2.8 10km SW of Toms Place, CA
- 2.0 12km W of Toms Place, CA
- 1.5 17km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 1.8 16km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA
- 2.1 9km WSW of Toms Place, CA
- 1.9 16km SW of Toms Place, 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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