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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

6km NNE of Lemoore, CA

· 23 km deep · released about 46 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kings County 31 kmFresno County 46 kmTulare County 88 kmMadera County 95 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
23 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 1426 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 46 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 330,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 21× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 46 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 36.3510, -119.7565. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kings County, CA 31 km (20 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kings County
Fresno County, CA 46 km (29 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Tulare County, CA 88 km (55 mi) W of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Madera County, CA 95 km (59 mi) S of here earthquakes near Madera County
San Benito County, CA 122 km (76 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 124 km (77 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

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

  1. 1.7 6km NNE of Avenal, CA
  2. 1.8 8km SW of Lemoore Station, CA
  3. 2.2 4km SSW of Armona, CA
  4. 1.9 2km SSW of Lemoore Station, CA
  5. 1.6 13km ESE of Coalinga, CA
  6. 2.1 11km WSW of Huron, CA
  7. 1.5 9km NNW of Avenal, CA
  8. 2.5 11km S of Home Garden, CA
  9. 1.9 10km SE of Cantua Creek, CA
  10. 1.9 6km ESE of Kettleman City, CA
  11. 2.3 12km E of Coalinga, CA
  12. 2.2 12km SW of Huron, CA
  13. 2.2 11km E of Coalinga, CA
  14. 1.7 10km E of Coalinga, CA
  15. 2.7 10km E of Coalinga, 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 660 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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