Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.9md
24km E of San Ardo, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (md)
- Depth
- 3.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Monterey County, 64 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1707 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 36.0495, -120.6465. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Monterey County |
| San Benito County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near San Benito County |
| Kings County, CA | 75 km (46 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
| Fresno County, CA | 119 km (74 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
34 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 18km NW of Parkfield, CA
- 2.6 7km WSW of Avenal, CA
- 1.6 5km W of Avenal, CA
- 2.4 7km WSW of Avenal, CA
- 2.3 7km WSW of Avenal, CA
- 1.6 22km SW of New Idria, CA
- 1.5 9km NNW of Avenal, CA
- 1.5 9km NNW of Avenal, CA
- 2.2 9km NNW of Avenal, CA
- 2.3 19km NNW of Coalinga, CA
- 1.6 9km NW of Avenal, CA
- 2.0 12km ENE of Coalinga, CA
- 2.8 22km NE of San Lucas, CA
- 2.3 5km E of San Ardo, CA
- 1.6 22km 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.3 on 2019-12-17 — it released about 3,600 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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