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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Pixley, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Pixley in the 24 hours to 3:20 pm PST (23:20 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 1.8 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) southwest of Pixley, CA, at 5:46 pm PDT on 12 June 2017 (00:46 UTC), 7.5 km deep.
USGS: 10km SW of Pixley, CA
69 km (43 mi) NNW of Bakersfield, CA · 18 km (11 mi) NNW of Delano, CA
- When
- 5:46 pm PDT on 12 June 2017 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) southwest of Pixley, CA · earthquakes near Pixley
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kings County, 44 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3433 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Pixley, 10 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, Earlimart, Alpaugh, Tipton, Delano, Woodville.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 48,000 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 35.9067, -119.3737. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, CA | 44 km (27 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Tulare County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Kern County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Fresno County, CA | 98 km (61 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 113 km (70 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
49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 20km ESE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.9 19km SE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.8 25km WSW of Alpaugh, CA
- 1.9 24km SSE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.9 10km SSE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.9 7km WSW of Shafter, CA
- 2.4 2km SW of Home Garden, CA
- 1.8 6km ENE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.9 12km SE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.8 7km ENE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.8 24km SE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.8 23km SE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.0 21km SSE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.9 21km SSE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.6 21km 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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