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M 3.4ml

9 km NNW of Cantua Creek, CA

· 8.6 km deep · released about 1.8 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Benito County 64 kmFresno County 67 kmKings County 74 kmMerced County 76 kmMadera County 90 kmMonterey County 92 kmMariposa 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 3.4 (ml)
Depth
8.6 km below the surface
Felt
6 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
San Benito County, 64 km W
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. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1.8 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 92,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 4,100× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,900× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.4 about 1.8 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 3.8× more

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 36.5702, -120.3673. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Benito County, CA 64 km (40 mi) E of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Fresno County, CA 67 km (42 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fresno County
Kings County, CA 74 km (46 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Kings County
Merced County, CA 76 km (47 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Merced County
Madera County, CA 90 km (56 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Madera County
Monterey County, CA 92 km (57 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

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

  1. 2.6 12 km NE of Coalinga, CA
  2. 1.8 11 km NE of Coalinga, CA
  3. 2.0 18 km WNW of New Idria, CA
  4. 1.8 21 km SW of Cantua Creek, CA
  5. 1.5 12 km S of Cantua Creek, CA
  6. 2.5 11 km SSE of New Idria, CA
  7. 1.8 9 km E of Coalinga, CA
  8. 2.2 8 km S of Cantua Creek, CA
  9. 1.7 13 km SW of Cantua Creek, CA
  10. 1.7 10 km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA
  11. 2.7 11 km SW of Cantua Creek, CA
  12. 1.7 12 km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  13. 1.6 8 km SE of New Idria, CA
  14. 2.0 8 km SE of New Idria, CA
  15. 1.8 13 km WSW of Cantua Creek, 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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