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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

9km E of Coalinga, CA

· 9.1 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kings County 41 kmFresno County 87 kmSan Luis Obispo County 87 kmSan Benito County 90 kmMonterey County 95 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
9.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kings County, 41 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3042 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 7.6 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 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 36.1523, -120.2597. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kings County, CA 41 km (25 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Fresno County, CA 87 km (54 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 87 km (54 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
San Benito County, CA 90 km (56 mi) SE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Monterey County, CA 95 km (59 mi) E of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Merced County, CA 123 km (76 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Merced 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. 1.6 9km NNW of Avenal, CA
  2. 1.7 6km WNW of Huron, CA
  3. 1.7 9km N of Kettleman City, CA
  4. 1.8 5km ESE of Huron, CA
  5. 1.9 6km SE of Huron, CA
  6. 2.8 7km SSE of Huron, CA
  7. 1.8 0km E of Kettleman City, CA
  8. 1.6 12km WNW of Avenal, CA
  9. 1.5 12km WNW of Avenal, CA
  10. 2.5 13km WNW of Avenal, CA
  11. 1.5 19km NW of Parkfield, CA
  12. 2.3 12km SSW of New Idria, CA
  13. 2.5 11km SSE of Cantua Creek, CA
  14. 1.7 4km NNW of Cholame, CA
  15. 1.7 10km WSW 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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