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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

19km WNW of Cantua Creek, CA

· 11 km deep · released about 27 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Benito County 51 kmMerced County 71 kmFresno County 79 kmMonterey County 81 kmKings County 84 kmMadera County 97 kmStanislaus County 118 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 2.0 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Benito County, 51 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2140 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 27 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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 36.5798, -120.5122. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Benito County, CA 51 km (32 mi) E of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Merced County, CA 71 km (44 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Fresno County, CA 79 km (49 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Monterey County, CA 81 km (50 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Kings County, CA 84 km (52 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Madera County, CA 97 km (61 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

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

  1. 2.1 23km NE of King City, CA
  2. 1.9 21km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA
  3. 2.0 27km SSW of Los Banos, CA
  4. 2.0 26km SSW of Los Banos, CA
  5. 1.9 19km NNW of Coalinga, CA
  6. 2.1 26km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA
  7. 2.7 27km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA
  8. 1.7 4km NW of New Idria, CA
  9. 1.6 24km ENE of San Lucas, CA
  10. 2.4 13km SW of Cantua Creek, CA
  11. 2.4 10km SW of Tranquillity, CA
  12. 2.1 11km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  13. 2.8 23km S of South Dos Palos, CA
  14. 2.1 22km S of South Dos Palos, CA
  15. 1.9 16km SE 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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