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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4md

7km NW of Lemoore, CA

· 19 km deep · released about 130 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kings County 31 kmFresno County 49 kmTulare County 95 kmMadera County 96 kmSan Benito County 116 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 2.4 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kings County, 31 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1822 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 130 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 80,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 130 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 36.3482, -119.8345. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kings County, CA 31 km (19 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kings County
Fresno County, CA 49 km (30 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Tulare County, CA 95 km (59 mi) W of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Madera County, CA 96 km (60 mi) S of here earthquakes near Madera County
San Benito County, CA 116 km (72 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 120 km (75 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 10km WSW of Huron, CA
  2. 1.7 7km E of Avenal, CA
  3. 1.9 7km WNW of Kettleman City, CA
  4. 2.4 5km S of Lanare, CA
  5. 2.6 6km ENE of Avenal, CA
  6. 1.6 5km ENE of Avenal, CA
  7. 1.6 12km N of Coalinga, CA
  8. 2.3 9km SW of Corcoran, CA
  9. 1.6 9km NNW of Avenal, CA
  10. 1.6 5km W of Avenal, CA
  11. 1.5 9km NNW of Avenal, CA
  12. 1.5 9km NNW of Avenal, CA
  13. 2.2 9km NNW of Avenal, CA
  14. 1.7 8km N of Kettleman City, CA
  15. 1.6 9km NW of Avenal, 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 4.0 on 2018-11-27 — it released about 230 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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