Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7md
9km SSW of Carmel By The Sea, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 8.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Santa Cruz County, 60 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2222 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 10 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 36.4732, -121.9432. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz County, CA | 60 km (37 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Santa Cruz County |
| Monterey County, CA | 62 km (38 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Monterey County |
| San Benito County, CA | 78 km (49 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near San Benito County |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 86 km (54 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Santa Clara County |
| San Mateo County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near San Mateo County |
| Merced County, CA | 135 km (84 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Merced County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
7 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 8km ESE of Prunedale, CA
- 1.9 14km N of Lopez Point, CA
- 2.1 7km ENE of Chualar, CA
- 2.3 4km SW of Moss Landing, CA
- 1.8 20km E of Point Sur, CA
- 1.8 16km NNW of Lopez Point, CA
- 1.7 14km SW of Santa Cruz, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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