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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

12km ENE of Coalinga, CA

· 16 km deep · released about 14 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kings County 40 kmFresno County 83 kmSan Benito County 90 kmSan Luis Obispo County 91 kmMonterey County 97 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kings County, 40 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2785 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 14 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 790,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 70× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 36.1840, -120.2375. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kings County, CA 40 km (25 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Fresno County, CA 83 km (51 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
San Benito County, CA 90 km (56 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 91 km (56 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Monterey County, CA 97 km (60 mi) E of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Merced County, CA 120 km (75 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

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

  1. 1.5 4km NNE of Cholame, CA
  2. 3.1 4km NNW of Cantua Creek, CA
  3. 1.7 11km N of Avenal, CA
  4. 1.6 12km SSW of Huron, CA
  5. 2.0 8km NW of Cantua Creek, CA
  6. 1.9 10km SSE of Kettleman City, CA
  7. 2.0 19km S of New Idria, CA
  8. 1.6 5km WNW of Avenal, CA
  9. 1.8 6km ENE of Kettleman City, CA
  10. 1.8 7km SE of Huron, CA
  11. 1.9 7km E of Huron, CA
  12. 1.7 16km SE of New Idria, CA
  13. 2.3 2km N of Lanare, CA
  14. 1.6 7km NW of Avenal, CA
  15. 1.9 9km SE 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.0 on 2018-11-27 — it released about 2,200 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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