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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2md

2km NNE of Carmel Valley Village, CA

· 10 km deep · released about 52 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monterey County 51 kmSanta Cruz County 59 kmSan Benito County 61 kmSanta Clara County 78 kmSan Mateo County 113 kmMerced County 119 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 2.2 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Monterey County, 51 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1880 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 52 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 290,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 18× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 52 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 36.5198, -121.7612. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monterey County, CA 51 km (31 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Santa Cruz County, CA 59 km (37 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Santa Cruz County
San Benito County, CA 61 km (38 mi) W of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Santa Clara County, CA 78 km (49 mi) S of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County
San Mateo County, CA 113 km (70 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Merced County, CA 119 km (74 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Merced County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 12km S of Tres Pinos, CA
  2. 3.7 13km S of Tres Pinos, CA
  3. 2.7 12km S of Tres Pinos, CA
  4. 1.8 3km E of Aromas, CA
  5. 2.9 4km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA
  6. 1.6 15km NW of Pinnacles, CA
  7. 2.0 12km S of Tres Pinos, CA
  8. 2.0 11km SSW of Ridgemark, CA
  9. 1.7 14km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA
  10. 2.1 6km S of San Juan Bautista, CA
  11. 1.9 13km S of Tres Pinos, CA
  12. 2.2 13km S of Tres Pinos, CA
  13. 1.9 14km WNW of Pinnacles, CA
  14. 1.8 14km WNW of Pinnacles, CA
  15. 1.5 17km SSE of Tres Pinos, 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 6,700 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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