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M 2.1md

24km NNW of San Simeon, CA

· 9.8 km deep · released about 40 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monterey County 45 kmSan Benito County 89 kmSan Luis Obispo County 94 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 2.1 (md)
Depth
9.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Monterey County, 45 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2224 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 40 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 380,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 270,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 24× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 40 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 35.8317, -121.3320. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monterey County, CA 45 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near Monterey County
San Benito County, CA 89 km (56 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near San Benito County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 94 km (58 mi) WNW 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

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

  1. 2.6 13km NNW of San Simeon, CA
  2. 2.5 2km SE of San Ardo, CA
  3. 1.9 3km SE of Lopez Point, CA
  4. 1.6 12km ENE of Cambria, CA
  5. 2.9 22km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
  6. 3.2 22km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
  7. 3.0 22km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
  8. 3.7 22km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
  9. 1.5 3km E of Lopez Point, CA
  10. 1.9 19km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
  11. 1.6 13km W of Lake Nacimiento, CA
  12. 2.0 3km SSE of San Ardo, CA
  13. 1.6 2km ENE of San Ardo, CA
  14. 2.0 20km N of San Simeon, CA
  15. 2.7 13km NE of San Simeon, 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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