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M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Lemoore, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Lemoore in the 24 hours to 6:09 am PST (14:09 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 26 km (16 mi) SSW, at 6:21 am PDT on 4 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 2 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Lemoore
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) south-southeast of Lemoore, CA, at 12:29 am PST on 26 January 2018 (08:29 UTC), 21 km deep. 53 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 6km SSE of Lemoore, CA
13 km (8 mi) SW of Hanford, CA · 59 km (37 mi) S of Fresno, CA
- When
- 12:29 am PST on 26 January 2018 ()
- Where
- 6 km (4 mi) south-southeast of Lemoore, CA · earthquakes near Lemoore
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 21 km below the surface
- Felt
- 53 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Kings County, 20 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3211 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 25 km (16 mi) from the epicentre. In Lemoore, 6 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.
Likely felt in: Lemoore 6 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 700 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 15,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 700 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 lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.7 The 1983 Coalinga, California Earthquake · 49 km W of this epicentre
- 5.6 8 km SW of Huron, California · 37 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.5 11 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 47 km W of this epicentre
- 5.5 11 km NE of Coalinga, California · 46 km W of this epicentre
- 5.2 12 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 48 km W 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 36.2507, -119.7680. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, CA | 20 km (13 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Fresno County, CA | 58 km (36 mi) | N | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Tulare County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | E | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Madera County, CA | 107 km (66 mi) | N | earthquakes near Madera County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
| San Benito County, CA | 125 km (77 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near San Benito County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 8km NNE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.1 9km NE of Avenal, CA
- 1.9 6km NNE of Avenal, CA
- 2.1 18km WSW of Corcoran, CA
- 1.9 12km SE of Coalinga, CA
- 1.5 13km SW of Huron, CA
- 1.9 7km NNW of Avenal, CA
- 2.1 6km SE of Huron, CA
- 1.6 9km E of Coalinga, CA
- 2.6 7km NE of Coalinga, CA
- 1.7 12km WSW of Huron, CA
- 1.6 10km NW of Avenal, CA
- 2.1 9km SSE of Huron, CA
- 2.4 9km SSE of Huron, CA
- 1.9 5km SSW 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
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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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