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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7md

8km NNE of New Idria, CA

· 7.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Benito County 43 kmMonterey County 67 kmMerced County 80 kmKings County 86 kmFresno County 93 kmMadera 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 1.7 (md)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Benito County, 43 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2283 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 36.4827, -120.6343. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Benito County, CA 43 km (27 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Monterey County, CA 67 km (41 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Merced County, CA 80 km (49 mi) S of here earthquakes near Merced County
Kings County, CA 86 km (54 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Fresno County, CA 93 km (58 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Madera County, CA 113 km (70 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

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

  1. 2.2 10km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  2. 2.7 24km ENE of San Ardo, CA
  3. 2.1 9km N of Pinnacles, CA
  4. 1.9 10km SSW of New Idria, CA
  5. 2.1 4km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  6. 2.3 2km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
  7. 2.4 2km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
  8. 1.6 23km WSW of New Idria, CA
  9. 1.7 12km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  10. 2.2 22km NE of San Ardo, CA
  11. 2.9 16km SW of Cantua Creek, CA
  12. 1.5 8km N of Pinnacles, CA
  13. 2.3 5km ENE of Pinnacles, CA
  14. 2.2 5km ENE of Pinnacles, CA
  15. 2.3 2km NE of Pinnacles, 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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