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M 1.7md

15km WSW of Cantua Creek, CA

· 12 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Benito County 56 kmKings County 74 kmMonterey County 79 kmFresno County 81 kmMerced County 84 kmMadera County 105 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 1.7 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Benito County, 56 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3132 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 36.4687, -120.4813. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Benito County, CA 56 km (35 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Kings County, CA 74 km (46 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Monterey County, CA 79 km (49 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Fresno County, CA 81 km (50 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Merced County, CA 84 km (52 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Madera County, CA 105 km (65 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Madera County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.1 8km WNW of New Idria, CA
  2. 1.6 9km E of Coalinga, CA
  3. 2.6 7km NE of Coalinga, CA
  4. 1.7 12km WSW of Huron, CA
  5. 1.8 14km ESE of Pinnacles, CA
  6. 2.4 15km WSW of Cantua Creek, CA
  7. 1.6 16km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  8. 1.8 16km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  9. 1.9 21km NW of Parkfield, CA
  10. 1.6 11km E of Coalinga, CA
  11. 2.0 21km SW of New Idria, CA
  12. 2.3 13km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  13. 1.8 4km SW of Huron, CA
  14. 1.9 10km SW of Huron, CA
  15. 1.6 8km NE of Coalinga, 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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