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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

13km W of San Ardo, CA

· 11 km deep · released about 6.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monterey County 35 kmSan Benito County 67 kmSan Luis Obispo County 88 kmKings County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Monterey County, 35 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1977 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 6.8 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 2,200,000× 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 6.8 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 36.0142, -121.0460. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monterey County, CA 35 km (22 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Monterey County
San Benito County, CA 67 km (41 mi) S of here earthquakes near San Benito County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 88 km (55 mi) NW of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Kings County, CA 111 km (69 mi) W of here earthquakes near Kings County
Santa Cruz County, CA 140 km (87 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Santa Cruz County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 19km NNW of San Simeon, CA
  2. 2.1 13km NW of Parkfield, CA
  3. 1.9 23km NNE of San Ardo, CA
  4. 1.6 16km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  5. 1.7 20km NW of Parkfield, CA
  6. 1.9 23km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  7. 2.3 3km SE of San Ardo, CA
  8. 1.6 8km WNW of Greenfield, CA
  9. 2.3 20km SW of New Idria, CA
  10. 1.8 7km SW of San Ardo, CA
  11. 1.7 19km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
  12. 2.3 9km SSW of San Lucas, CA
  13. 2.3 19km NW of Parkfield, CA
  14. 2.5 17km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
  15. 2.6 12km NW of Parkfield, 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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