Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.9md
23km S of South Dos Palos, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (md)
- Depth
- 0.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Benito County, 38 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1948 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 23 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 660,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 470,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 42× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 23 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 36.7598, -120.6997. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Benito County, CA | 38 km (24 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near San Benito County |
| Merced County, CA | 48 km (30 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Merced County |
| Monterey County, CA | 80 km (50 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Monterey County |
| Fresno County, CA | 93 km (58 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Stanislaus County, CA | 93 km (58 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Stanislaus County |
| Madera County, CA | 98 km (61 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Madera County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 9km NW of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.8 2km NE of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.9 4km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.7 26km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA
- 2.1 24km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA
- 2.3 6km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.6 10km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
- 2.5 10km NW of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.6 6km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
- 3.7 2km WSW of Los Banos, CA
- 1.8 4km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.9 8km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
- 2.8 7km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
- 2.2 8km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
- 2.6 7km NNW 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.3 on 2021-01-02 — it released about 4,000 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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