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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.7md

25km NW of San Simeon, CA

· 7.2 km deep · released about 380 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monterey County 49 kmSan Benito County 94 kmSan Luis Obispo County 97 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 2.7 (md)
Depth
7.2 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Monterey County, 49 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1421 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 380 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 40,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 29,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 380 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 35.8060, -121.3868. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monterey County, CA 49 km (30 mi) S of here earthquakes near Monterey County
San Benito County, CA 94 km (58 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near San Benito County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 97 km (60 mi) WNW 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

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

  1. 2.5 12km SW of Lake Nacimiento, CA
  2. 1.8 29km ESE of Lopez Point, CA
  3. 1.8 5km WSW of San Ardo, CA
  4. 1.5 12km NE of San Simeon, CA
  5. 2.1 5km WSW of San Ardo, CA
  6. 1.6 16km NW of San Simeon, CA
  7. 1.7 13km NNW of San Simeon, CA
  8. 2.4 13km NNW of San Simeon, CA
  9. 1.6 18km NNW of San Simeon, CA
  10. 2.6 34km WSW of San Simeon, CA
  11. 1.5 15km ENE of San Simeon, CA
  12. 1.9 13km NNW of San Simeon, CA
  13. 2.2 12km NNW of San Simeon, CA
  14. 3.5 13km NNW of San Simeon, CA
  15. 1.8 11km SSW of Lake Nacimiento, 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 2021-10-25 — it released about 760 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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