Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5md
23km S of Kettleman City, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kings County, 32 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2897 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 5.9 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 35.8045, -119.9545. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, CA | 32 km (20 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
| Fresno County, CA | 110 km (68 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Tulare County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Kern County, CA | 122 km (76 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| San Benito County, CA | 135 km (84 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near San Benito County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 11km WSW of Huron, CA
- 1.6 11km ENE of Coalinga, CA
- 1.8 7km ENE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.9 10km NNW of Cholame, CA
- 1.9 16km S of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.7 9km N of Avenal, CA
- 1.5 15km SE of Shandon, CA
- 1.9 30km E of Cholame, CA
- 1.8 24km SE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.9 10km WSW of Huron, CA
- 1.6 5km NW of Parkfield, CA
- 1.8 23km SE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.9 10km N of Simmler, CA
- 2.0 21km SSE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.9 21km SSE of Kettleman City, 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.
On USGS
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