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M 1.5md

Earthquake near Soledad, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Soledad in the 24 hours to 10:12 am PST (18:12 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 26 km (16 mi) N, at 2:58 pm PDT on 22 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Soledad

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 40 km (25 mi) south-southwest of Soledad, CA, at 9:18 pm PDT on 10 June 2024 (04:18 UTC), 4.7 km deep.

USGS: 11 km NNE of Lopez Point, CA

9:18 pm PDT, Jun 10, 2024 · · 4.7 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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When
9:18 pm PDT on 10 June 2024 ()
Where
40 km (25 mi) south-southwest of Soledad, CA · earthquakes near Soledad
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
4.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Monterey County, 26 km ENE
Nearest mapped fault
San Gregorio fault, 5 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 875 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Soledad, 40 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.7 on 2021-10-25 — about 48,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.2 28km NW of Cambria, CA · 49 km SSE of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 25 km NW of San Simeon, California · 37 km SSE of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 22 km NW of San Simeon, California · 40 km SSE of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 8 km E of Carmel Valley Village, California · 44 km NNW of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 3 km W of Soledad, California · 39 km NNE of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 36.1177, -121.5640. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Monterey County, CA 26 km (16 mi) ENE earthquakes near Monterey County
San Benito County, CA 70 km (43 mi) NE earthquakes near San Benito County
Santa Cruz County, CA 107 km (67 mi) NNW earthquakes near Santa Cruz County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 129 km (80 mi) SE earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County
Merced County, CA 141 km (88 mi) NNE earthquakes near Merced County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 28 km S of Lopez Point, CA
  2. 1.5 21 km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
  3. 1.6 19 km of San Simeon, CA
  4. 2.1 22 km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
  5. 2.0 12 km SW of Gonzales, CA
  6. 1.6 22 km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
  7. 2.1 26 km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
  8. 1.6 26 km SSE of Lopez Point, CA
  9. 2.1 25 km NNW of San Simeon, CA
  10. 2.0 29 km N of San Simeon, CA
  11. 1.6 8 km SSE of Carmel By The Sea, CA
  12. 1.7 11 km SSW of San Lucas, CA
  13. 1.5 20 km NW of Lopez Point, CA
  14. 1.5 15 km NW of San Simeon, CA
  15. 1.6 20 km NNW of San Simeon, 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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