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M 1.6md

14km WNW of Point Sur, CA

· 5.8 km deep · released about 7.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monterey County 66 kmSanta Cruz County 74 kmSan Benito County 90 kmSanta Clara County 102 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
5.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Monterey County, 66 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2623 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 7.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 36.3518, -122.0430. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monterey County, CA 66 km (41 mi) W of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Santa Cruz County, CA 74 km (46 mi) S of here earthquakes near Santa Cruz County
San Benito County, CA 90 km (56 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Santa Clara County, CA 102 km (63 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County
San Mateo County, CA 122 km (76 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Merced County, CA 150 km (93 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

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

  1. 1.6 16km ESE of Point Sur, CA
  2. 1.9 14km N of Lopez Point, CA
  3. 1.8 20km E of Point Sur, CA
  4. 1.8 16km NNW of Lopez Point, CA
  5. 1.7 9km SSW of Carmel By The Sea, CA
  6. 1.8 14km N of Point Sur, CA
  7. 1.6 17km N of Lopez Point, CA
  8. 2.3 22km NNW of Lopez Point, CA
  9. 2.3 19km ESE of Point Sur, CA
  10. 2.2 22km ESE of Point Sur, CA
  11. 2.0 11km N of Point Sur, CA
  12. 1.5 24km N of Lopez Point, CA
  13. 2.8 22km NNW of Lopez Point, CA
  14. 1.5 1km S of Monterey, CA
  15. 1.7 1km SSW of Monterey, 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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