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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.0md

22 km ENE of San Lucas, CA

· 6.5 km deep · released about 800 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monterey County 45 kmSan Benito County 48 kmKings County 91 kmSan Luis Obispo County 100 kmMerced County 107 kmFresno County 119 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 3.0 (md)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Monterey County, 45 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 783 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 800 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 420,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 19,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 13,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 800 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 36.2367, -120.8127. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monterey County, CA 45 km (28 mi) E of here earthquakes near Monterey County
San Benito County, CA 48 km (30 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Kings County, CA 91 km (57 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kings County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 100 km (62 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Merced County, CA 107 km (66 mi) S of here earthquakes near Merced County
Fresno County, CA 119 km (74 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 11 km NW of Parkfield, CA
  2. 1.6 9 km NW of Parkfield, CA
  3. 2.5 15 km W of Cantua Creek, CA
  4. 1.7 15 km W of Cantua Creek, CA
  5. 2.5 15 km W of Cantua Creek, CA
  6. 2.4 12 km NE of Coalinga, CA
  7. 2.9 13 km NE of Coalinga, CA
  8. 1.5 4 km SSW of New Idria, CA
  9. 1.6 8 km SE of Pinnacles, CA
  10. 1.7 12 km NE of Coalinga, CA
  11. 3.3 3 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA
  12. 2.3 12 km NE of Coalinga, CA
  13. 1.9 4 km E of Pinnacles, CA
  14. 2.0 14 km N of New Idria, CA
  15. 2.2 11 km ESE 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 4.3 on 2023-08-10 — it released about 99 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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