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M 2.8md

7km SSE of Huron, CA

· 9.5 km deep · released about 510 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kings County 24 kmFresno County 77 kmSan Luis Obispo County 92 kmSan Benito County 105 kmMonterey County 113 kmTulare County 115 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 2.8 (md)
Depth
9.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kings County, 24 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2938 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 510 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 30,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 21,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 510 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 36.1525, -120.0642. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kings County, CA 24 km (15 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Fresno County, CA 77 km (48 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 92 km (57 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
San Benito County, CA 105 km (65 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Monterey County, CA 113 km (70 mi) E of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Tulare County, CA 115 km (72 mi) W of here earthquakes near Tulare 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 10km NE of Coalinga, CA
  2. 2.0 3km NW of Avenal, CA
  3. 1.7 6km SW of Huron, CA
  4. 2.2 13km NW of Parkfield, CA
  5. 1.9 6km WSW of Kettleman City, CA
  6. 1.5 16km NW of Parkfield, CA
  7. 1.5 16km NW of Parkfield, CA
  8. 2.5 6km SSE of Parkfield, CA
  9. 1.6 21km ENE of Cholame, CA
  10. 1.7 19km ENE of Cholame, CA
  11. 1.6 16km NW of Parkfield, CA
  12. 1.6 16km NW of Parkfield, CA
  13. 2.8 8km NE of Coalinga, CA
  14. 1.8 10km NW of Parkfield, CA
  15. 2.9 10km NW of Avenal, 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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