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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

11 km NNE of Shandon, California

· 12 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Luis Obispo County 42 kmKings County 58 kmMonterey County 105 kmSan Benito County 118 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 1.6 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Luis Obispo County, 42 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3285 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 35.7523, -120.3220. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Luis Obispo County, CA 42 km (26 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Kings County, CA 58 km (36 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Monterey County, CA 105 km (65 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Monterey County
San Benito County, CA 118 km (73 mi) SE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Fresno County, CA 127 km (79 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Fresno 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.

  1. 1.6 9km NNE of Avenal, CA
  2. 2.9 6km NNE of Avenal, CA
  3. 1.6 8km NNW of Avenal, CA
  4. 2.8 7km NNW of Avenal, CA
  5. 1.6 11km SW of Huron, CA
  6. 3.1 12km E of Coalinga, CA
  7. 1.9 7km NNW of Kettleman City, CA
  8. 1.6 18km SSE of Kettleman City, CA
  9. 2.7 8km NNW of Kettleman City, CA
  10. 1.6 10km NNE of Avenal, CA
  11. 2.5 9km N of Avenal, CA
  12. 1.6 11km NW of Avenal, CA
  13. 1.7 9km NW of Avenal, CA
  14. 1.9 10km SW of Huron, CA
  15. 1.9 9km W of Templeton, 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.

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