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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

3km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA

· 5.6 km deep · released about 36 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Santa Cruz County 46 kmSanta Clara County 47 kmSan Benito County 47 kmMonterey County 67 kmMerced County 84 kmStanislaus County 96 kmAlameda County 98 kmSan Mateo County 99 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
5.6 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Santa Cruz County, 46 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1908 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 36 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 5.8 420,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 27× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 36 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 36.8172, -121.5455. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Santa Cruz County, CA 46 km (29 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Santa Cruz County
Santa Clara County, CA 47 km (29 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County
San Benito County, CA 47 km (29 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Monterey County, CA 67 km (42 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Merced County, CA 84 km (52 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Merced County
Stanislaus County, CA 96 km (60 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Stanislaus County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.9 9km SW of Tres Pinos, CA
  2. 2.4 10km NW of Pinnacles, CA
  3. 1.9 2km WNW of Tres Pinos, CA
  4. 2.7 10km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  5. 2.2 10km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  6. 2.0 10km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  7. 2.5 10km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  8. 1.5 5km SE of Aromas, CA
  9. 1.9 6km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
  10. 1.9 5km NE of Pinnacles, CA
  11. 1.7 3km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA
  12. 1.7 4km NNW of Hollister, CA
  13. 2.8 4km NNW of Hollister, CA
  14. 2.2 9km NE of Gilroy, CA
  15. 2.0 12km NW 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 4.7 on 2019-10-15 — it released about 9,800 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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