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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

12km W of Templeton, CA

· 5.6 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Luis Obispo County 39 kmMonterey County 88 kmKings County 109 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
5.6 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
San Luis Obispo County, 39 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3076 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 35.5490, -120.8338. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Luis Obispo County, CA 39 km (24 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Monterey County, CA 88 km (55 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Kings County, CA 109 km (68 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kings County
San Benito County, CA 120 km (75 mi) S of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Santa Barbara County, CA 134 km (83 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Santa Barbara County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 7km ENE of San Simeon, CA
  2. 2.9 14km NE of San Simeon, CA
  3. 2.3 17km NNE of San Simeon, CA
  4. 1.6 12km NE of San Simeon, CA
  5. 1.7 14km ENE of San Simeon, CA
  6. 2.3 9km W of San Simeon, CA
  7. 1.6 17km N of San Simeon, CA
  8. 1.6 10km E of San Simeon, CA
  9. 1.9 10km W of San Simeon, CA
  10. 1.6 12km NNE of Cambria, CA
  11. 1.6 7km E of Atascadero, CA
  12. 1.7 7km W of Atascadero, CA
  13. 1.7 6km W of Templeton, CA
  14. 1.9 10km NE of Cayucos, CA
  15. 1.5 13km NE of San Simeon, 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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