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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

18km SSW of South Dos Palos, CA

· 9.7 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Benito County 38 kmMerced County 42 kmMonterey County 82 kmStanislaus County 85 kmSanta Clara County 95 kmFresno County 98 kmMadera County 99 kmMariposa County 112 kmSanta Cruz 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
9.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Benito County, 38 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1200 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 16 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 5.8 970,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 61× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 36.8210, -120.7500. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Benito County, CA 38 km (24 mi) NE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Merced County, CA 42 km (26 mi) S of here earthquakes near Merced County
Monterey County, CA 82 km (51 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Monterey County
Stanislaus County, CA 85 km (53 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Stanislaus County
Santa Clara County, CA 95 km (59 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County
Fresno County, CA 98 km (61 mi) W of here earthquakes near Fresno County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 2 km NE of Pinnacles, CA
  2. 1.8 2 km ENE of Pinnacles, CA
  3. 1.9 12 km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  4. 1.6 5 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  5. 2.1 7 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  6. 1.6 8 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  7. 2.2 7 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  8. 1.8 5 km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
  9. 2.5 5 km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
  10. 2.3 15 km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  11. 1.6 5 km NNE of Pinnacles, CA
  12. 1.6 2 km NE of Pinnacles, CA
  13. 1.8 2 km NE of Pinnacles, CA
  14. 1.8 11 km NW of Pinnacles, CA
  15. 2.3 8 km SE 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 4.6 on 2017-11-13 — it released about 14,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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