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M 2.6md

11km N of San Simeon, CA

· 5.4 km deep · released about 210 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monterey County 56 kmSan Luis Obispo County 78 kmSan Benito County 97 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
5.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Monterey County, 56 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2185 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 35.7428, -121.1927. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monterey County, CA 56 km (35 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Monterey County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 78 km (48 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
San Benito County, CA 97 km (60 mi) S of here earthquakes near San Benito County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 20km N of San Simeon, CA
  2. 2.7 13km NE of San Simeon, CA
  3. 1.7 9km W of Templeton, CA
  4. 1.7 8km NNE of Cayucos, CA
  5. 1.6 8km NNE of Cayucos, CA
  6. 2.2 5km SSW of San Ardo, CA
  7. 2.5 15km W of Lake Nacimiento, CA
  8. 2.5 8km NNE of Cayucos, CA
  9. 2.6 8km NNE of Cayucos, CA
  10. 2.2 24km NNW of San Simeon, CA
  11. 1.9 29km W of San Simeon, CA
  12. 2.5 8km W of Templeton, CA
  13. 2.6 11km NNE of San Simeon, CA
  14. 2.6 29km WSW of San Simeon, CA
  15. 1.7 18km SSE of Lopez Point, 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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