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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Pixley, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Pixley in the 24 hours to 12:58 pm PST (20:58 UTC). The last one was M 4.6, 97 km (60 mi) S, at 9:10 pm PDT on 6 August 2024, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 253 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Pixley
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) west of Pixley, CA, at 1:39 pm PST on 2 December 2016 (21:39 UTC), 19 km deep.
USGS: 9km W of Pixley, CA
97 km (61 mi) SSE of Fresno, CA · 25 km (16 mi) NNW of Delano, CA
- When
- 1:39 pm PST on 2 December 2016 ()
- Where
- 9 km (5 mi) west of Pixley, CA · earthquakes near Pixley
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 19 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kings County, 40 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3564 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 Pixley, 9 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: Teviston, Tipton, Alpaugh, Earlimart, Corcoran, Woodville.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 25 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 420,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 38× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 4.9 on 2016-02-24 — about 24,000 times the energy of this one.
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 35.9702, -119.3868. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, CA | 40 km (25 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Tulare County, CA | 62 km (38 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Fresno County, CA | 91 km (57 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Kern County, CA | 91 km (57 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 10km WNW of Pixley, CA
- 2.1 18km WSW of Corcoran, CA
- 1.8 8km NNE of Porterville, CA
- 2.1 22km W of Alpaugh, CA
- 1.6 18km SSE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.4 6km WNW of McFarland, CA
- 2.8 7km WNW of McFarland, CA
- 3.5 18km WSW of Corcoran, CA
- 2.2 10km SSW of Alpaugh, CA
- 1.9 15km E of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.9 6km SSE of Lemoore, CA
- 1.9 24km SE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.3 18km SSE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.7 25km SE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.6 18km SSE of Kettleman City, 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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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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