Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.9md
14km SSE of New Idria, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (md)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- San Benito County, 56 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1256 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 24 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 640,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 450,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 40× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 24 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 36.3013, -120.5980. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Benito County, CA | 56 km (35 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near San Benito County |
| Monterey County, CA | 65 km (40 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Monterey County |
| Kings County, CA | 75 km (46 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Fresno County, CA | 99 km (61 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Merced County, CA | 100 km (62 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Merced County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 102 km (64 mi) | N 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
33 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 23km NNE of San Lucas, CA
- 1.6 16km NW of Parkfield, CA
- 1.8 24km NNW of New Idria, CA
- 1.8 6km N of Avenal, CA
- 1.6 2km NNE of New Idria, CA
- 1.7 6km W of San Ardo, CA
- 1.8 25km E of San Ardo, CA
- 1.6 12km NW of Avenal, CA
- 2.0 23km NW of New Idria, CA
- 1.5 18km SE of New Idria, CA
- 1.6 6km WSW of New Idria, CA
- 1.8 23km NE of King City, CA
- 1.5 4km SW of New Idria, CA
- 1.6 12km SE of Pinnacles, CA
- 1.9 20km SW of New Idria, 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 1,300 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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