California earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 17km SSW of Bootjack, CA

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 17km SSW of Bootjack, CA on Sun, Jan 30, 2022, 6:42 PM PST (02:42 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 21km SSW of Mariposa, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
2022-01-31 02:42:16 UTC
Depth
15.6 km (9.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.330° N, 119.984° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
68°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.719km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1706 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.821km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1701 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.720km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1689 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.119km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 1688 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.116km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1680 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.116km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1680 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.616km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1678 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.616km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1678 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.626km NE of North Fork, CA · 1673 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.721km E of Le Grand, CA · 1670 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 1.612km E of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1667 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 1.816km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1665 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 1.619km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1662 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.912km WSW of Madera, CA · 1662 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.61km WSW of Auberry, CA · 1660 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.716km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1660 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.917km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1660 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 1.610km SSW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1658 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.421km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 1648 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 2.08km W of North Fork, CA · 1708 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.619km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1708 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.519km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1708 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.27km SE of Fairmead, CA · 1710 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.56km NNW of Fresno, CA · 1711 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.817km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1711 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 2.112km WNW of Yosemite Lakes, CA · 1713 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 1.819km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1713 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.216km W of Los Banos, CA · 1714 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.119km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1714 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 1.820km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1719 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.518km SSW of Mariposa, CA · 1720 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.212km SE of San Joaquin, CA · 1726 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.94km NE of Fairmead, CA · 1729 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.030km ENE of Shaver Lake, CA · 1734 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73686161. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.