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M 1.5md
Earthquake near Cobb, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Cobb in the last 24 hours. M 1.6, 4 km (2 mi) W of Cobb, at 1:30 pm PST on 11 November 2026 (21:30 UTC); the estimated shaking in Cobb was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Cobb
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) south of Cobb, CA, at 6:52 am PST on 19 December 2016 (14:52 UTC), 1.8 km deep.
USGS: 7 km S of Cobb, California
34 km (21 mi) N of Santa Rosa, CA · 112 km (69 mi) NNW of San Francisco, CA
- When
- 6:52 am PST on 19 December 2016 ()
- Where
- 8 km (5 mi) south of Cobb, CA · earthquakes near Cobb
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 1.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Sonoma County, 31 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Maacama fault, 10 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 3561 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Cobb, 8 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: Cobb 8 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.9 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 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 5.0 on 2016-12-14 — about 170,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 3 km E of Bloomfield, California · 49 km S of this epicentre
- 5.3 Northern California · 49 km S 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 38.7537, -122.7223. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma County, CA | 31 km (19 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Lake County, CA | 39 km (25 mi) | N | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Napa County, CA | 44 km (27 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Colusa County, CA | 63 km (39 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Yolo County, CA | 72 km (44 mi) | E | earthquakes near Yolo County |
| Marin County, CA | 78 km (49 mi) | S | earthquakes near Marin County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 7 km W of Cobb, California
- 1.5 7 km W of Cobb, California
- 2.3 7 km W of Cobb, California
- 2.7 7 km W of Cobb, California
- 1.6 7 km W of Middletown, California
- 1.8 7 km W of Middletown, California
- 2.0 5 km WNW of Cobb, California
- 2.8 4 km SW of Cobb, California
- 1.9 3 km WNW of Middletown, California
- 2.1 9 km WNW of Cobb, California
- 2.1 4 km SW of Cobb, California
- 1.6 5 km SSE of Cobb, California
- 1.9 7 km W of Cobb, California
- 1.7 8 km S of Cobb, California
- 1.9 6 km W of Cobb, California
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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