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M 2.5md
Earthquake near Armona, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Armona in the 24 hours to 3:51 am PST (11:51 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 32 km (20 mi) SW, at 6:21 am PDT on 4 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 2 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Armona
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) south of Armona, CA, at 8:16 am PST on 29 December 2022 (16:16 UTC), 23 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 6km S of Armona, CA
9 km (6 mi) SSW of Hanford, CA · 59 km (37 mi) S of Fresno, CA
- When
- 8:16 am PST on 29 December 2022 ()
- Where
- 7 km (4 mi) south of Armona, CA · earthquakes near Armona
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (md)
- Depth
- 23 km below the surface
- Felt
- 3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Kings County, 23 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1346 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Armona, 7 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Home Garden, Lemoore, Hanford, Stratford, Lucerne, Lemoore Station.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 150 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 99,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 70,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.2× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 150 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2018-11-27 — about 200 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.6 8 km SW of Huron, California · 43 km WSW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 36.2562, -119.7007. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, CA | 23 km (14 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Fresno County, CA | 56 km (35 mi) | N | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Tulare County, CA | 83 km (51 mi) | E | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Madera County, CA | 106 km (66 mi) | N | earthquakes near Madera County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 118 km (73 mi) | SW | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
| Kern County, CA | 134 km (83 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Kern County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
47 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 10 km W of Huron, CA
- 1.7 2 km S of Avenal, CA
- 1.9 2 km SE of Avenal, CA
- 2.9 2 km SSE of Avenal, CA
- 2.1 7 km SSW of Stratford, CA
- 1.6 12 km E of Coalinga, CA
- 1.5 7 km S of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.6 11 km ENE of Coalinga, CA
- 1.6 11 km ENE of Coalinga, CA
- 2.5 7 km E of Avenal, CA
- 1.7 7 km E of Avenal, CA
- 2.0 8 km SSW of Stratford, CA
- 2.1 15 km SSE of Stratford, CA
- 1.7 5 km WNW of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.6 2 km WNW of Kettleman City, 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.
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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