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M 1.7md

Earthquake near Lemoore Station, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Lemoore Station in the 24 hours to 3:09 am PST (11:09 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 16 km (10 mi) SW, at 2:35 am PDT on 16 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Lemoore Station

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) north-northwest of Lemoore Station, CA, at 2:57 am PST on 26 December 2025 (10:57 UTC), 21 km deep.

USGS: 10 km NNW of Lemoore Station, CA

50 km (31 mi) SSW of Fresno, CA · 27 km (17 mi) W of Hanford, CA

2:57 am PST, Dec 26, 2025 · · 21 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kings County 33 kmFresno County 53 kmMadera County 98 kmTulare County 106 kmSan Benito County 106 kmSan Luis Obispo County 116 kmMerced County 117 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
2:57 am PST on 26 December 2025 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) north-northwest of Lemoore Station, CA · earthquakes near Lemoore Station
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
21 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kings County, 33 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 310 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 Lemoore Station, 10 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: Riverdale, Lemoore, Stratford, Huron, Armona, Caruthers.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 6,200 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 The 1983 Coalinga, California Earthquake · 35 km WSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.6 8 km SW of Huron, California · 29 km SW of this epicentre
  3. 5.5 11 km NNE of Coalinga, California · 33 km WSW of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 11 km NE of Coalinga, California · 33 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.4 22 km SSW of Three Rocks, California · 50 km W 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 36.3470, -119.9502. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kings County, CA 33 km (20 mi) SSE earthquakes near Kings County
Fresno County, CA 53 km (33 mi) NNE earthquakes near Fresno County
Madera County, CA 98 km (61 mi) N earthquakes near Madera County
Tulare County, CA 106 km (66 mi) E earthquakes near Tulare County
San Benito County, CA 106 km (66 mi) WNW earthquakes near San Benito County
San Luis Obispo County, CA 116 km (72 mi) SSW earthquakes near San Luis Obispo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 4 km WSW of Huron, CA
  2. 1.8 2 km WSW of Huron, CA
  3. 1.6 12 km S of Stratford, CA
  4. 2.5 7 km NW of Avenal, CA
  5. 1.7 8 km NNW of Coalinga, CA
  6. 2.1 10 km SSW of Huron, CA
  7. 1.7 11 km SE of Cantua Creek, CA
  8. 2.7 14 km SW of Lanare, CA
  9. 2.1 7 km NNE of Avenal, CA
  10. 1.8 6 km NNE of Avenal, CA
  11. 1.8 1 km SSW of Huron, CA
  12. 1.6 4 km WSW of Huron, CA
  13. 1.7 10 km ESE of Huron, CA
  14. 1.7 14 km SSW of Cantua Creek, CA
  15. 2.0 14 km SSW 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.

On USGS

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