Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.5md
19 km ESE of Point Sur, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (md)
- Depth
- 7.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Monterey County, 35 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 878 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
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.
Where
Epicentre 36.2545, -121.7005. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey County, CA | 35 km (21 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Monterey County |
| San Benito County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near San Benito County |
| Santa Cruz County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Santa Cruz County |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 108 km (67 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Santa Clara County |
| Merced County, CA | 136 km (85 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Merced County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 148 km (92 mi) | NW 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
5 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 11 km NNE of Lopez Point, CA
- 2.0 17 km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
- 2.1 21 km NNW of Lopez Point, CA
- 1.8 21 km WNW of Lopez Point, CA
- 1.6 3 km WNW of Pacific Grove, 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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