Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.8md
8km SSW of Kettleman City, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (md)
- Depth
- 7.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kings County, 22 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2453 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 400 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 38,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 27,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 400 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 35.9462, -120.0093. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, CA | 22 km (14 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
| Fresno County, CA | 96 km (60 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Tulare County, CA | 115 km (71 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 | 122 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
47 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 23km NNW of Simmler, CA
- 1.9 9km SSE of Huron, CA
- 1.6 5km N of Avenal, CA
- 2.0 16km NW of Parkfield, CA
- 1.8 8km NE of Coalinga, CA
- 1.7 10km SSW of Huron, CA
- 1.8 6km SW of Huron, CA
- 1.9 10km E of Huron, CA
- 1.9 9km SE of Huron, CA
- 1.7 8km E of Avenal, CA
- 2.4 10km WSW of Huron, CA
- 2.2 10km NW of Parkfield, CA
- 1.7 9km NE of Coalinga, CA
- 1.7 31 km W of Wasco, CA
- 2.0 8km NNW 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 4.3 on 2019-12-17 — it released about 200 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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.