Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7md
26km E of Cholame, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kings County, 41 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1439 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 35.7345, -120.0107. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, CA | 41 km (26 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 55 km (34 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
| Fresno County, CA | 119 km (74 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Tulare County, CA | 124 km (77 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Kern County, CA | 124 km (77 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Monterey County, CA | 130 km (81 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Monterey County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 10km ESE of Shandon, CA
- 2.3 12km E of Coalinga, CA
- 1.8 10km E of Coalinga, CA
- 2.2 12km SW of Huron, CA
- 2.2 11km E of Coalinga, CA
- 2.2 10km ESE of Coalinga, CA
- 1.7 10km E of Coalinga, CA
- 2.7 10km E of Coalinga, CA
- 1.6 11km E of Coalinga, CA
- 2.0 11km E of Coalinga, CA
- 3.3 11km E of Coalinga, CA
- 2.5 10km ESE of Coalinga, CA
- 2.0 10km ESE of Shandon, CA
- 2.2 8km NW of Avenal, CA
- 2.0 11km NNW of Cholame, 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 7,400 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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