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M 2.4md

3km SSW of Huron, CA

· 11 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kings County 29 kmFresno County 77 kmSan Luis Obispo County 93 kmSan Benito County 99 kmMonterey County 108 kmMadera County 119 kmTulare County 120 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kings County, 29 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3148 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 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 36.1787, -120.1162. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kings County, CA 29 km (18 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Fresno County, CA 77 km (48 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 93 km (58 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
San Benito County, CA 99 km (62 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Monterey County, CA 108 km (67 mi) E of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Madera County, CA 119 km (74 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Madera 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. 2.6 7km NE of Coalinga, CA
  2. 2.4 21km NW of Parkfield, CA
  3. 1.7 12km WSW of Huron, CA
  4. 1.6 10km NW of Avenal, CA
  5. 2.1 9km SSE of Huron, CA
  6. 2.4 9km SSE of Huron, CA
  7. 1.9 5km SSW of Kettleman City, CA
  8. 1.9 5km SE of Huron, CA
  9. 2.4 15km WSW of Cantua Creek, CA
  10. 1.9 21km NW of Parkfield, CA
  11. 1.7 8km ESE of Huron, CA
  12. 1.6 11km E of Coalinga, CA
  13. 1.8 4km SW of Huron, CA
  14. 1.7 14km NW of Parkfield, CA
  15. 1.9 10km SW of Huron, 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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