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M 2.3md

Earthquake near Fresno, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Fresno in the 24 hours to 11:24 am PST (19:24 UTC). The last one was M 1.8, 8 km (5 mi) ESE, at 8:23 am PST on 27 February 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Fresno

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 46 km (29 mi) southwest of Fresno, CA, at 10:27 pm PST on 23 November 2025 (06:27 UTC), 22 km deep.

USGS: 12 km E of Cantua Creek, CA

47 km (29 mi) SW of Fresno, CA

10:27 pm PST, Nov 23, 2025 · · 22 km deep · released about 82 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fresno County 55 kmKings County 57 kmSan Benito County 82 kmMadera County 88 kmMerced County 92 kmMonterey County 105 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
10:27 pm PST on 23 November 2025 ()
Where
46 km (29 mi) southwest of Fresno, CA · earthquakes near Fresno
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Fresno County, 55 km ENE
Nearest mapped fault
Great Valley thrust fault system, 21 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 344 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Fresno, 46 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: San Joaquin, Kerman, Riverdale.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 82 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 82 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 4.3 on 2025-02-14 — about 870 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 11 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 The 1983 Coalinga, California Earthquake · 32 km SSW of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 Northwest of Huron, California · 37 km W of this epicentre
  3. 5.6 8 km SW of Huron, California · 39 km S of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 11 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 31 km SSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.5 11 km NE of Coalinga, California · 32 km SSW 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 36.4955, -120.1808. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Fresno County, CA 55 km (34 mi) ENE earthquakes near Fresno County
Kings County, CA 57 km (36 mi) SE earthquakes near Kings County
San Benito County, CA 82 km (51 mi) W earthquakes near San Benito County
Madera County, CA 88 km (55 mi) NNE earthquakes near Madera County
Merced County, CA 92 km (57 mi) NNW earthquakes near Merced County
Monterey County, CA 105 km (66 mi) WSW earthquakes near Monterey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 1 km SSE of Huron, CA
  2. 1.7 12 km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  3. 1.7 18 km S of Cantua Creek, CA
  4. 2.2 7 km N of Avenal, CA
  5. 1.9 10 km S of Huron, CA
  6. 1.6 2 km SW of Huron, CA
  7. 2.7 3 km WSW of Huron, CA
  8. 1.8 2 km WSW of Huron, CA
  9. 2.2 12 km NE of Coalinga, CA
  10. 2.3 12 km NE of Coalinga, CA
  11. 2.0 12 km NNE of Coalinga, CA
  12. 2.4 14 km WNW of Huron, CA
  13. 1.9 7 km ENE of Huron, CA
  14. 2.5 6 km E of Cantua Creek, CA
  15. 1.8 11 km NW 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.

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