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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7md

9km NNW of Kettleman City, CA

· 14 km deep · released about 9.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kings County 17 kmFresno County 83 kmSan Luis Obispo County 86 kmTulare County 112 kmSan Benito County 113 kmMonterey County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kings County, 17 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3119 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 9.6 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 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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.

Where

Epicentre 36.0757, -120.0085. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kings County, CA 17 km (11 mi) W of here earthquakes near Kings County
Fresno County, CA 83 km (51 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 86 km (54 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Tulare County, CA 112 km (69 mi) W of here earthquakes near Tulare County
San Benito County, CA 113 km (70 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Monterey County, CA 119 km (74 mi) E of here earthquakes near Monterey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 13km N of Coalinga, CA
  2. 1.7 11km ENE of Coalinga, CA
  3. 1.8 10km W of Huron, CA
  4. 1.7 12km ENE of Coalinga, CA
  5. 1.7 12km ENE of Coalinga, CA
  6. 2.1 5km SSE of Avenal, CA
  7. 1.6 11km SW of Huron, CA
  8. 1.6 5km ESE of Avenal, CA
  9. 2.3 13km ESE of Coalinga, CA
  10. 2.2 12km ESE of Coalinga, CA
  11. 1.8 8km NNE of Kettleman City, CA
  12. 2.1 9km NE of Avenal, CA
  13. 1.9 6km NNE of Avenal, CA
  14. 2.1 18km WSW of Corcoran, CA
  15. 1.9 12km SE 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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