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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

7km N of Kettleman City, CA

· 8.8 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kings County 14 kmFresno County 82 kmSan Luis Obispo County 87 kmTulare County 108 kmSan Benito County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
8.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kings County, 14 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3136 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 8.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 36.0707, -119.9712. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kings County, CA 14 km (9 mi) W of here earthquakes near Kings County
Fresno County, CA 82 km (51 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 87 km (54 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Tulare County, CA 108 km (67 mi) W of here earthquakes near Tulare County
San Benito County, CA 117 km (72 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Kern County, CA 138 km (86 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Kern 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. 2.3 13km ESE of Coalinga, CA
  2. 2.2 12km ESE of Coalinga, CA
  3. 1.8 8km NNE of Kettleman City, CA
  4. 2.1 9km NE of Avenal, CA
  5. 1.9 6km NNE of Avenal, CA
  6. 2.1 18km WSW of Corcoran, CA
  7. 1.9 12km SE of Coalinga, CA
  8. 1.5 13km SW of Huron, CA
  9. 1.9 7km NNW of Avenal, CA
  10. 1.8 4km NW of Parkfield, CA
  11. 1.6 7km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  12. 2.1 6km SE of Huron, CA
  13. 2.0 9km NNW of Cholame, CA
  14. 1.6 9km E of Coalinga, CA
  15. 2.1 10km NNW of Cholame, 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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