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M 2.0md

1 km S of Hillsborough, California

· 1.1 km deep · released about 36 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Mateo County 16 kmAlameda County 42 kmContra Costa County 55 kmSan Francisco County 60 kmMarin County 63 kmSanta Cruz County 69 kmSanta Clara County 72 kmSolano County 88 kmNapa 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
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
1.1 km below the surface
Felt
6 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
San Mateo County, 16 km S
Nearest mapped fault
San Andreas fault, 1 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 3546 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 36 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 420,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 27× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 36 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.

Where

Epicentre 37.5598, -122.3790. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Mateo County, CA 16 km (10 mi) N of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Alameda County, CA 42 km (26 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Contra Costa County, CA 55 km (34 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
San Francisco County, CA 60 km (38 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Francisco County
Marin County, CA 63 km (39 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Marin County
Santa Cruz County, CA 69 km (43 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Santa Cruz County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 1 km W of Danville, California
  2. 1.8 1 km ENE of Pacifica, California
  3. 1.5 Northern California
  4. 1.7 1 km ENE of Berkeley, California
  5. 2.3 2 km N of Union City, California
  6. 1.7 3 km S of Loyola, California
  7. 1.6 4 km W of Pleasant Hill, California
  8. 1.6 7 km SSE of Pescadero, California
  9. 2.5 7 km S of Pescadero, California
  10. 1.6 Northern California
  11. 2.0 1 km NE of Diablo, California
  12. 1.5 5 km ESE of Fremont, California
  13. 1.6 6 km SW of Loyola, California
  14. 1.5 3 km S of Loyola, California
  15. 2.6 10 km SSW of Pescadero, 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.

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