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M 2.0md
Earthquake near Del Monte Forest, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Del Monte Forest in the 24 hours to 1:05 pm PST (21:05 UTC). The last one was M 3.9, 68 km (42 mi) E, at 3:19 am PDT on 11 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 34 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Del Monte Forest
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 2 km (1 mi) north-northeast of Del Monte Forest, CA, at 11:29 am PDT on 5 August 2019 (18:29 UTC), 13 km deep.
USGS: 2km NNE of Del Monte Forest, CA
78 km (48 mi) S of San Jose, CA · 29 km (18 mi) WSW of Salinas, CA
- When
- 11:29 am PDT on 5 August 2019 ()
- Where
- 2 km (1 mi) north-northeast of Del Monte Forest, CA · earthquakes near Del Monte Forest
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (md)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Santa Cruz County, 46 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- Monterey Bay- Tularcitos fault, under 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2649 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Del Monte Forest, 2 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Pacific Grove, Monterey, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Seaside, Del Rey Oaks, Marina.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 27 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2017-03-31 — about 1,100 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.9 The 1989 Loma Prieta, California Earthquake · 48 km N of this epicentre
- 6.3 22 km S of Davenport, California · 33 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.8 Near Watsonville, California · 44 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.7 Monterey Bay area, California · 26 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.5 7 km SW of Hollister, California · 49 km ENE of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 36.6047, -121.9367. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz County, CA | 46 km (28 mi) | N | earthquakes near Santa Cruz County |
| Monterey County, CA | 69 km (43 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Monterey County |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 72 km (45 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Santa Clara County |
| San Benito County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | E | earthquakes near San Benito County |
| San Mateo County, CA | 98 km (61 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near San Mateo County |
| Alameda County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | N | earthquakes near Alameda County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
40 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 10km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 1.6 4km ESE of Aromas, CA
- 3.2 3km ESE of Aromas, CA
- 1.9 3km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 1.6 3km W of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 1.8 3km W of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 1.6 3km W of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 2.9 3km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 3.0 4km W of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 2.8 4km W of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 2.4 3km W of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 2.6 4km W of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 1.7 6km SW of Gilroy, CA
- 1.6 2km SW of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 2.1 3km SW of San Juan Bautista, 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.
On USGS
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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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