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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5md

7 km W of San Ardo, California

· 11 km deep · released about 150 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monterey County 39 kmSan Benito County 68 kmSan Luis Obispo County 84 kmKings County 105 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Monterey County, 39 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3352 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 150 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 99,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 70,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 150 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.

Where

Epicentre 36.0085, -120.9825. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monterey County, CA 39 km (25 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Monterey County
San Benito County, CA 68 km (42 mi) S of here earthquakes near San Benito County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 84 km (52 mi) NW of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Kings County, CA 105 km (65 mi) W of here earthquakes near Kings County
Santa Cruz County, CA 144 km (90 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Santa Cruz County
Fresno County, CA 145 km (90 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Fresno County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.4 Central California
  2. 2.1 25 km NNE of King City, California
  3. 1.7 24 km ENE of Greenfield, California
  4. 1.6 23 km ENE of King City, California
  5. 1.5 24 km NNE of San Lucas, California
  6. 1.9 26 km NE of King City, California
  7. 1.9 11 km NW of Parkfield, California
  8. 2.3 8 km NE of San Simeon, California
  9. 1.9 24 km NE of King City, California
  10. 1.6 18 km NW of Parkfield, California
  11. 1.6 23 km ENE of San Lucas, California
  12. 2.0 23 km ENE of San Lucas, California
  13. 1.5 22 km ENE of San Lucas, California
  14. 1.9 25 km ENE of Greenfield, California
  15. 1.9 22 km NE of San Lucas, California

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.

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