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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

12km W of Cantua Creek, CA

· 16 km deep · released about 210 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Benito County 58 kmKings County 75 kmFresno County 76 kmMerced County 79 kmMonterey County 84 kmMadera County 99 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
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Benito County, 58 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2280 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 210 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 72,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 51,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 210 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 36.5162, -120.4470. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Benito County, CA 58 km (36 mi) E of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Kings County, CA 75 km (47 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Fresno County, CA 76 km (47 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Merced County, CA 79 km (49 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Monterey County, CA 84 km (52 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Madera County, CA 99 km (62 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Madera 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. 2.2 23km WSW of New Idria, CA
  2. 1.6 21km NE of San Lucas, CA
  3. 2.3 22km ENE of San Lucas, CA
  4. 3.0 18km S of Cantua Creek, CA
  5. 1.9 24km NE of King City, CA
  6. 1.8 22km NE of San Lucas, CA
  7. 2.0 22km NE of San Ardo, CA
  8. 1.9 22km NNE of San Ardo, CA
  9. 2.1 22km NE of San Ardo, CA
  10. 3.9 22km NE of San Ardo, CA
  11. 1.7 20km ENE of Pinnacles, CA
  12. 1.8 29km ENE of Pinnacles, CA
  13. 2.4 23km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  14. 1.6 16km NW of New Idria, CA
  15. 1.8 17km 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.

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