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M 1.5md
Earthquake near Hollister, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Hollister in the last 24 hours. M 2.6, 21 km (13 mi) WNW of Hollister, at 11:40 am PST on 12 November 2026 (19:40 UTC); the estimated shaking in Hollister was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Hollister
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 35 km (22 mi) east-southeast of Hollister, CA, at 10:15 am PST on 24 November 2017 (18:15 UTC), 5.4 km deep.
USGS: 26km E of Tres Pinos, CA
93 km (57 mi) SE of San Jose, CA · 55 km (34 mi) E of Salinas, CA
- When
- 10:15 am PST on 24 November 2017 ()
- Where
- 35 km (22 mi) east-southeast of Hollister, CA · earthquakes near Hollister
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 5.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Benito County, 16 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Ortigalita fault, 11 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3270 days ago
Earthquake alerts for Hollister, CA
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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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Hollister, 35 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.6 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.6 on 2017-11-13 — about 40,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 14 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.1 Northwest of Huron, California · 47 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.9 10 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 18 km W of this epicentre
- 5.8 Near Paicines, California · 22 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.5 7 km SW of Hollister, California · 38 km W of this epicentre
- 5.5 12 km S of Tres Pinos, California · 25 km WSW of this epicentre
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 36.7512, -121.0270. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Benito County, CA | 16 km (10 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near San Benito County |
| Merced County, CA | 56 km (35 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Merced County |
| Monterey County, CA | 62 km (39 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Monterey County |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 79 km (49 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Santa Clara County |
| Stanislaus County, CA | 90 km (56 mi) | N | earthquakes near Stanislaus County |
| Santa Cruz County, CA | 92 km (57 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Santa Cruz County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 12km S of Tres Pinos, CA
- 1.6 12km SE of Pinnacles, CA
- 2.2 9km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA
- 2.2 11km NW of Pinnacles, CA
- 2.5 13km N of New Idria, CA
- 1.5 14km SE of Tres Pinos, CA
- 1.5 12km SE of Pinnacles, CA
- 2.0 6km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.9 20km SE of Pinnacles, CA
- 3.0 11km SW of Ridgemark, CA
- 1.6 11km SE of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.7 6km SSW of Ridgemark, CA
- 2.2 11km S of Tres Pinos, CA
- 2.5 16km NW of Pinnacles, CA
- 2.1 11km SE of Pinnacles, 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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