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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

10 km of Cantua Creek, CA

· 12 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fresno County 65 kmSan Benito County 66 kmKings County 75 kmMerced County 75 kmMadera County 87 kmMonterey County 95 kmMariposa County 116 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
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Fresno County, 65 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 577 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

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 36.5883, -120.3483. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Fresno County, CA 65 km (40 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
San Benito County, CA 66 km (41 mi) E of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Kings County, CA 75 km (46 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Merced County, CA 75 km (47 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Madera County, CA 87 km (54 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Madera County
Monterey County, CA 95 km (59 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Monterey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 11 km SSE of New Idria, CA
  2. 1.8 9 km E of Coalinga, CA
  3. 2.2 8 km S of Cantua Creek, CA
  4. 1.7 13 km SW of Cantua Creek, CA
  5. 1.7 10 km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA
  6. 2.7 11 km SW of Cantua Creek, CA
  7. 1.7 12 km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  8. 1.6 8 km SE of New Idria, CA
  9. 2.0 8 km SE of New Idria, CA
  10. 1.8 13 km WSW of Cantua Creek, CA
  11. 1.8 28 km N of New Idria, CA
  12. 2.0 3 km WSW of Lanare, CA
  13. 1.7 6 km E of Coalinga, CA
  14. 1.7 32 km SW of South Dos Palos, CA
  15. 2.4 25 km N of New Idria, 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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