16km ESE of Point Sur, CA

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300,000× the energy of this one
2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 36.2423, -121.7433. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1. 1.6 8km WNW of Greenfield, CA 02:33 UTC
2. 1.7 19km SSE of Lopez Point, CA 11:16 UTC
3. 2.2 2km NNE of Carmel Valley Village, CA 11:51 UTC
4. 2.5 17km SSE of Lopez Point, CA 01:43 UTC
5. 2.3 21km ESE of Point Sur, CA 07:35 UTC
6. 1.5 16km NNE of Lopez Point, CA 08:13 UTC
7. 1.6 11km SW of King City, CA 08:47 UTC
8. 1.5 9km NNE of Gonzales, CA 18:14 UTC
9. 1.9 8km WNW of Del Monte Forest, CA 08:32 UTC
10. 1.9 3km SE of Lopez Point, CA 10:08 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 10:42 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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