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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

14km NW of New Idria, CA

· 6.2 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Benito County 29 kmMonterey County 54 kmMerced County 79 kmKings County 99 kmFresno County 106 kmSanta Clara County 114 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Benito County, 29 km WNW
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 17 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 640,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 57× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 36.4860, -120.7970. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Benito County, CA 29 km (18 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Monterey County, CA 54 km (33 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Merced County, CA 79 km (49 mi) S of here earthquakes near Merced County
Kings County, CA 99 km (62 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Fresno County, CA 106 km (66 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Santa Clara County, CA 114 km (71 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 18km SE of New Idria, CA
  2. 1.8 6km ENE of Pinnacles, CA
  3. 1.6 6km WSW of New Idria, CA
  4. 2.0 4km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  5. 1.8 4km ESE of Pinnacles, CA
  6. 1.8 23km NE of King City, CA
  7. 1.5 8km ENE of Pinnacles, CA
  8. 1.9 1km N of Pinnacles, CA
  9. 1.5 4km SW of New Idria, CA
  10. 1.6 12km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  11. 2.1 14km ESE of Tres Pinos, CA
  12. 1.9 20km SW of New Idria, CA
  13. 2.2 11km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  14. 2.1 31km SW of South Dos Palos, CA
  15. 1.9 9km ENE of Pinnacles, 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 2019-10-15 — it released about 21,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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