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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

13km N of Point Sur, CA

· 7.5 km deep · released about 22 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monterey County 55 kmSanta Cruz County 67 kmSan Benito County 74 kmSanta Clara County 91 kmSan Mateo County 119 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 1.9 (md)
Depth
7.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Monterey County, 55 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1511 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 22 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 680,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 480,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 43× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 22 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 36.4202, -121.8847. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monterey County, CA 55 km (34 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Santa Cruz County, CA 67 km (41 mi) S of here earthquakes near Santa Cruz County
San Benito County, CA 74 km (46 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Santa Clara County, CA 91 km (56 mi) S of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County
San Mateo County, CA 119 km (74 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Merced County, CA 135 km (84 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Merced County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 2km NNE of Del Monte Forest, CA
  2. 1.6 14km WNW of Point Sur, CA
  3. 1.6 22km ESE of Point Sur, CA
  4. 1.7 17km NNW of Lopez Point, CA
  5. 1.6 4km N of Lopez Point, CA
  6. 2.4 21km NW of Pacific Grove, CA
  7. 2.2 18km ESE of Point Sur, CA
  8. 2.0 5km NW of Del Monte Forest, CA
  9. 1.7 8km N of Lopez Point, CA
  10. 2.1 12km S of Point Sur, CA
  11. 2.0 15km NNW of Pacific Grove, CA
  12. 2.8 16km SSW of Gonzales, CA
  13. 1.6 9km NNE of Gonzales, CA
  14. 1.6 21km E of Point Sur, 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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