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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

18km S of New Idria, CA

· 6.2 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Benito County 52 kmMonterey County 55 kmKings County 82 kmSan Luis Obispo County 100 kmMerced County 104 kmFresno County 109 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 1.6 (md)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Benito County, 52 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2516 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 8.7 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 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 36.2595, -120.7032. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Benito County, CA 52 km (32 mi) SE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Monterey County, CA 55 km (34 mi) E of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Kings County, CA 82 km (51 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kings County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 100 km (62 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Merced County, CA 104 km (65 mi) S of here earthquakes near Merced County
Fresno County, CA 109 km (68 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

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

  1. 2.1 7km ENE of Pinnacles, CA
  2. 1.9 24km WSW of Coalinga, CA
  3. 2.4 1km NE of New Idria, CA
  4. 2.1 3km NE of New Idria, CA
  5. 1.8 16km NW of Parkfield, CA
  6. 1.7 13km ESE of Pinnacles, CA
  7. 1.9 5km WSW of Huron, CA
  8. 1.5 10km ESE of Coalinga, CA
  9. 1.9 15km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  10. 1.6 22km ENE of San Lucas, CA
  11. 1.8 9km NW of Parkfield, CA
  12. 2.7 12km NW of Parkfield, CA
  13. 1.7 12km NW of Parkfield, CA
  14. 2.3 16km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  15. 1.7 14km 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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