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M 1.5md
Earthquake near Gustine, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Gustine in the 24 hours to 2:47 am PST (10:47 UTC). The last one was M 3.1, 23 km (14 mi) WSW, at 9:18 pm PDT on 21 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 9 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Gustine
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 21 km (13 mi) southwest of Gustine, CA, at 11:18 am PDT on 8 March 2026 (18:18 UTC), 10 km deep.
USGS: 21 km SW of Gustine, CA
61 km (38 mi) ESE of San Jose, CA · 40 km (25 mi) ENE of Gilroy, CA
- When
- 11:18 am PDT on 8 March 2026 ()
- Where
- 21 km (13 mi) southwest of Gustine, CA · earthquakes near Gustine
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Merced County, 40 km ENE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Ortigalita fault, 2 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 239 days ago
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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 Gustine, 21 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: Newman, Los Banos.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 5.1 on 2022-10-25 — about 220,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 14 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.5 Near Morgan Hill, California · 42 km W of this epicentre
- 5.9 10 km SE of Tres Pinos, California · 44 km S of this epicentre
- 5.8 The 1979 Coyote Lake, California Earthquake · 31 km W of this epicentre
- 5.5 7 km SW of Hollister, California · 44 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.5 3 km ENE of Tres Pinos, California · 37 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 37.1232, -121.1622. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merced County, CA | 40 km (25 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Merced County |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 48 km (30 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Santa Clara County |
| Stanislaus County, CA | 51 km (32 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Stanislaus County |
| San Benito County, CA | 57 km (36 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Benito County |
| Santa Cruz County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | W | earthquakes near Santa Cruz County |
| Alameda County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Alameda County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.6 5 km SW of Ridgemark, CA
- 3.4 5 km SW of Ridgemark, CA
- 2.1 5 km SW of Ridgemark, CA
- 2.1 2 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 1.7 2 km E of Aromas, CA
- 1.9 4 km W of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 1.5 16 km N of Morgan Hill, CA
- 2.3 3 km WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 2.7 19 km ENE of Tres Pinos, CA
- 2.3 16 km N of Morgan Hill, CA
- 1.9 20 km SSW of Gustine, CA
- 3.0 10 km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 2.1 12 km ESE of Gilroy, CA
- 1.6 2 km ENE of Aromas, CA
- 1.8 6 km WSW of Ridgemark, 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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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