Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.6md
14km NNW of Lopez Point, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (md)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- 6 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Monterey County, 28 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1366 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 280 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 53,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 38,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.3× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 280 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 36.1438, -121.6050. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey County, CA | 28 km (17 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Monterey County |
| San Benito County, CA | 70 km (43 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near San Benito County |
| Santa Cruz County, CA | 103 km (64 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Santa Cruz County |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 120 km (75 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Santa Clara County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 134 km (83 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
| Merced County, CA | 141 km (88 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
11 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 16km WNW of Lopez Point, CA
- 2.1 25km NW of San Simeon, CA
- 2.6 24km NW of San Simeon, CA
- 2.7 28km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
- 1.6 20km SE of Lopez Point, CA
- 1.6 20km NW of San Simeon, CA
- 1.6 25km NW of San Simeon, CA
- 1.6 17km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
- 2.4 2km E of Lopez Point, CA
- 2.3 25km NW of San Simeon, CA
- 2.3 24km SSE of Lopez Point, 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 1,000 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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