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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

9km SW of Ridgemark, CA

· 11 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Benito County 35 kmSanta Clara County 56 kmSanta Cruz County 58 kmMonterey County 59 kmMerced County 80 kmStanislaus County 97 kmAlameda County 107 kmSan Mateo County 111 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 2.6 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
San Benito County, 35 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2658 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 220 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 70,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 50,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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 36.7583, -121.4352. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Benito County, CA 35 km (22 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Santa Clara County, CA 56 km (35 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz County, CA 58 km (36 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Santa Cruz County
Monterey County, CA 59 km (36 mi) N of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Merced County, CA 80 km (50 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Merced County
Stanislaus County, CA 97 km (60 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Stanislaus County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 6km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  2. 1.9 7km ESE of Prunedale, CA
  3. 1.6 12km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  4. 1.5 7km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  5. 2.0 2km NNE of Del Monte Forest, CA
  6. 1.6 5km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  7. 1.6 6km NNW of Aromas, CA
  8. 1.6 13km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  9. 2.9 1km ENE of Tres Pinos, CA
  10. 1.6 10km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  11. 2.4 9km NW of Pinnacles, CA
  12. 1.6 10km N of Pinnacles, CA
  13. 1.6 3km E of Aromas, CA
  14. 2.1 4km SW of Tres Pinos, CA
  15. 1.5 12km S of Tres Pinos, 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 4.6 on 2017-11-13 — it released about 1,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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