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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

8km NW of Cantua Creek, CA

· 10 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Benito County 63 kmFresno County 69 kmKings County 74 kmMerced County 78 kmMonterey County 90 kmMadera County 93 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 2.0 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
San Benito County, 63 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2689 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 33 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 36.5490, -120.3867. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Benito County, CA 63 km (39 mi) E of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Fresno County, CA 69 km (43 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Kings County, CA 74 km (46 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Merced County, CA 78 km (48 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Monterey County, CA 90 km (56 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Madera County, CA 93 km (58 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Madera County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 3km SSW of Parkwood, CA
  2. 1.7 12km ENE of Coalinga, CA
  3. 1.5 12km W of Huron, CA
  4. 2.2 13km WNW of Huron, CA
  5. 2.4 7km NNW of Biola, CA
  6. 2.5 6km N of Biola, CA
  7. 2.0 14km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  8. 2.0 4km NNW of Huron, CA
  9. 2.0 10km NNW of New Idria, CA
  10. 1.9 19km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA
  11. 2.9 20km S of Cantua Creek, CA
  12. 2.3 20km N of Coalinga, CA
  13. 2.9 8km SW of Cantua Creek, CA
  14. 2.0 15km NNW of Coalinga, CA
  15. 1.6 8km NE of Coalinga, 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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