Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6md
24km NE of King City, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 8.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Benito County, 30 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2372 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 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 36.3653, -120.9435. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Benito County, CA | 30 km (19 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near San Benito County |
| Monterey County, CA | 36 km (22 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Monterey County |
| Merced County, CA | 94 km (59 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Merced County |
| Kings County, CA | 106 km (66 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Santa Clara County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 117 km (73 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo 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.
- 2.1 6km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
- 2.5 18km SE of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.9 12km S of Tres Pinos, CA
- 3.2 12km S of Tres Pinos, CA
- 1.9 22km NE of San Ardo, CA
- 2.4 6km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.6 6km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.8 8km NE of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.6 7km NE of Pinnacles, CA
- 2.0 7km NE of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.9 5km ESE of Pinnacles, CA
- 2.0 21km SE of Pinnacles, CA
- 2.4 26km NNW of New Idria, CA
- 2.3 12km S of Tres Pinos, CA
- 2.3 23km NNE of San Ardo, 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 4.7 on 2019-10-15 — it released about 51,000 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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