Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6md
6km SSW of Kettleman City, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Kings County, 21 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2545 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 6.8 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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 35.9555, -119.9928. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, CA | 21 km (13 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 75 km (47 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
| Fresno County, CA | 95 km (59 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Tulare County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| San Benito County, CA | 122 km (76 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near San Benito County |
| Monterey County, CA | 123 km (76 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Monterey County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 8km ESE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.1 8km WSW of Huron, CA
- 2.1 8km SW of Huron, CA
- 1.8 7km SSE of Huron, CA
- 1.8 25km W of Alpaugh, CA
- 2.3 11km NW of Parkfield, CA
- 2.4 16km NNE of Coalinga, CA
- 1.5 9km NNW of Cholame, CA
- 1.6 36km E of Cholame, CA
- 2.8 8km SSW of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.7 5km S of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.8 4km S of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.0 7km SSW of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.9 22km SSE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.8 17km 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.0 on 2018-11-27 — it released about 4,400 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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