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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

10km NNE of Coalinga, CA

· 9.0 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kings County 49 kmSan Benito County 80 kmFresno County 85 kmMonterey County 88 kmSan Luis Obispo County 94 kmMerced County 113 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 2.6 (md)
Depth
9.0 km below the surface
Felt
6 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kings County, 49 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2514 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 36.2265, -120.3323. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kings County, CA 49 km (31 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kings County
San Benito County, CA 80 km (50 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Fresno County, CA 85 km (53 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Monterey County, CA 88 km (55 mi) E of here earthquakes near Monterey County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 94 km (58 mi) N of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Merced County, CA 113 km (70 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Merced County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 16km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  2. 1.5 9km NNW of Cholame, CA
  3. 1.6 23km ENE of San Ardo, CA
  4. 2.6 22km NE of San Lucas, CA
  5. 3.3 22km NE of San Lucas, CA
  6. 2.0 18km NW of Parkfield, CA
  7. 2.8 8km SSW of Kettleman City, CA
  8. 1.7 5km S of Kettleman City, CA
  9. 1.8 4km S of Kettleman City, CA
  10. 2.0 7km SSW of Kettleman City, CA
  11. 2.0 21km NW of Parkfield, CA
  12. 1.8 17km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  13. 2.9 2km SSE of Kettleman City, CA
  14. 1.6 11km SE of Avenal, CA
  15. 2.2 17km NW of Parkfield, 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 130 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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