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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Pixley, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Pixley in the 24 hours to 1:12 pm PST (21:12 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) west-northwest of Pixley, CA, at 11:46 pm PST on 19 November 2018 (07:46 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 10km WNW of Pixley, CA
94 km (59 mi) SSE of Fresno, CA · 23 km (14 mi) SSW of Tulare, CA
- When
- 11:46 pm PST on 19 November 2018 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) west-northwest of Pixley, CA · earthquakes near Pixley
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kings County, 39 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2913 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 12 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: Tipton, Teviston, Alpaugh, Earlimart, Corcoran, Matheny.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
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 35.9995, -119.3907. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, CA | 39 km (24 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Tulare County, CA | 60 km (38 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Fresno County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Kern County, CA | 94 km (58 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Kern County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 117 km (73 mi) | SW | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 17km SSE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.5 18km ESE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.3 19km E of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.5 7km NE of Porterville, CA
- 1.8 13km SW of Alpaugh, CA
- 1.8 12km S of Stratford, CA
- 2.2 14km ENE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.2 14km S of Stratford, CA
- 1.9 13km S of Stratford, CA
- 1.9 5km N of Wasco, CA
- 2.0 3km ESE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.8 2km SE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.8 2km ESE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.4 4km WSW of McFarland, CA
- 1.7 31 km W of Wasco, 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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