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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

23km NE of San Lucas, CA

· 7.3 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monterey County 45 kmSan Benito County 47 kmKings County 92 kmSan Luis Obispo County 101 kmMerced County 105 kmFresno County 118 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 1.9 (md)
Depth
7.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Monterey County, 45 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2528 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 25 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 420,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 38× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 36.2492, -120.8162. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monterey County, CA 45 km (28 mi) E of here earthquakes near Monterey County
San Benito County, CA 47 km (29 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Kings County, CA 92 km (57 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kings County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 101 km (63 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Merced County, CA 105 km (66 mi) S of here earthquakes near Merced County
Fresno County, CA 118 km (74 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 3km ENE of New Idria, CA
  2. 3.1 4km NE of New Idria, CA
  3. 1.6 18km E of Pinnacles, CA
  4. 2.6 10km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  5. 2.0 12km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  6. 2.5 10km N of Coalinga, CA
  7. 1.6 6km NE of Pinnacles, CA
  8. 1.6 22km NE of San Ardo, CA
  9. 1.9 19km ENE of Pinnacles, CA
  10. 2.2 5km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  11. 1.9 16km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  12. 1.6 18km S of New Idria, CA
  13. 2.4 22km NE of San Lucas, CA
  14. 1.8 2km NE of New Idria, CA
  15. 2.1 2km NE of New Idria, 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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