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M 2.4md

6km NNW of Lanare, CA

· 26 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fresno County 41 kmKings County 48 kmMadera County 82 kmSan Benito County 101 kmMerced County 103 kmTulare County 110 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 2.4 (md)
Depth
26 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Fresno County, 41 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2615 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 86,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 36.4917, -119.9647. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Fresno County, CA 41 km (25 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Kings County, CA 48 km (30 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Madera County, CA 82 km (51 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Madera County
San Benito County, CA 101 km (63 mi) E of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Merced County, CA 103 km (64 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Tulare County, CA 110 km (68 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Tulare County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 10km ESE of Coalinga, CA
  2. 1.9 15km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  3. 2.3 16km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  4. 1.7 14km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  5. 2.5 6km N of Lemoore, CA
  6. 1.7 12km ENE of Coalinga, CA
  7. 2.0 12km NNW of Kettleman City, CA
  8. 2.0 12km SSW of Lemoore Station, CA
  9. 1.5 13km NNW of Coalinga, CA
  10. 2.3 3km ESE of Armona, CA
  11. 1.6 13km ESE of Coalinga, CA
  12. 1.9 14km WSW of Stratford, CA
  13. 1.8 11km SW of Stratford, CA
  14. 1.9 11km NNW of Kettleman City, CA
  15. 2.6 10km NNE 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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