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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

6 km ENE of Orange Cove, CA

· 30 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fresno County 38 kmTulare County 63 kmMadera County 76 kmKings County 81 kmMariposa County 118 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 2.6 (md)
Depth
30 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Fresno County, 38 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 890 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 220 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 70,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 50,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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 36.6503, -119.2568. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Fresno County, CA 38 km (23 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Tulare County, CA 63 km (39 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Tulare County
Madera County, CA 76 km (47 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Madera County
Kings County, CA 81 km (51 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Kings County
Mariposa County, CA 118 km (73 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Mariposa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 1 km S of Orange Cove, CA
  2. 2.1 6 km ENE of Orange Cove, CA
  3. 2.1 9 km E of Friant, CA
  4. 2.4 4 km SSE of Shaver Lake, CA
  5. 2.2 3 km S of Shaver Lake, CA
  6. 2.5 14 km NNW of Squaw Valley, CA
  7. 2.4 17 km NNE of Squaw Valley, CA
  8. 2.7 3 km E of Kingsburg, CA
  9. 1.8 3 km S of Sunnyside, CA
  10. 2.1 1 km SE of Orosi, CA
  11. 2.4 9 km S of Shaver Lake, CA
  12. 2.0 7 km ESE of Orange Cove, CA
  13. 1.7 10 km ESE of Three Rivers, CA
  14. 2.1 18 km S of Auberry, CA
  15. 2.3 4 km E of Orange Cove, 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.

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