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M 2.6md
Earthquake near Home Garden, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Home Garden in the 24 hours to 12:05 am PST (08:05 UTC). The last one was M 3.3, 35 km (22 mi) SW, at 6:21 am PDT on 4 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 2 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Home Garden
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) west-southwest of Home Garden, CA, at 2:43 pm PST on 26 December 2024 (22:43 UTC), 21 km deep.
USGS: 3 km W of Home Garden, CA
in Hanford, CA · 55 km (34 mi) SSE of Fresno, CA
- When
- 2:43 pm PST on 26 December 2024 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) west-southwest of Home Garden, CA · earthquakes near Home Garden
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (md)
- Depth
- 21 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kings County, 28 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 614 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Home Garden, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.
Likely felt in: Lemoore 10 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 240 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.6 8 km SW of Huron, California · 47 km WSW 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 36.2953, -119.6668. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings County, CA | 28 km (17 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Kings County |
| Fresno County, CA | 52 km (32 mi) | N | earthquakes near Fresno County |
| Tulare County, CA | 80 km (50 mi) | E | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Madera County, CA | 102 km (63 mi) | N | earthquakes near Madera County |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 123 km (76 mi) | SW | earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County |
| Kern County, CA | 135 km (84 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Kern County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
33 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 12 km ENE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.3 11 km NE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.4 12 km ENE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.6 2 km SE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.4 9 km S of Huron, CA
- 2.4 8 km SSE of Huron, CA
- 2.7 8 km S of Huron, CA
- 1.9 9 km S of Huron, CA
- 2.2 8 km WSW of Lanare, CA
- 2.0 11 km ENE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.2 9 km E of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.5 11 km ENE of Kettleman City, CA
- 2.1 11 km ENE of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.6 4 km SW of Kettleman City, CA
- 1.5 7 km E of Avenal, 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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