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M 1.7md

2 km E of Pacifica, California

· 8.6 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Mateo County 23 kmAlameda County 48 kmSan Francisco County 52 kmMarin County 55 kmContra Costa County 56 kmSanta Cruz County 78 kmSanta Clara County 81 kmSolano County 86 kmNapa County 100 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
8.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Mateo County, 23 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3516 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 12 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 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 37.6133, -122.4610. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Mateo County, CA 23 km (15 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Alameda County, CA 48 km (30 mi) W of here earthquakes near Alameda County
San Francisco County, CA 52 km (32 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Francisco County
Marin County, CA 55 km (34 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Marin County
Contra Costa County, CA 56 km (35 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Santa Cruz County, CA 78 km (48 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

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

  1. 1.7 3 km WSW of Loyola, California
  2. 1.5 2 km S of Loyola, California
  3. 1.7 2 km NE of San Ramon, California
  4. 1.6 4 km WNW of Orinda, California
  5. 1.6 4 km NNW of Union City, California
  6. 1.5 1 km ENE of Pacifica, California
  7. 1.6 1 km ENE of Pacifica, California
  8. 2.5 2 km S of Piedmont, California
  9. 1.7 4 km NW of Acalanes Ridge, California
  10. 1.7 4km NW of Castro Valley, CA
  11. 3.0 1 km WSW of Kensington, California
  12. 2.3 1 km W of Danville, California
  13. 1.8 1 km ENE of Pacifica, California
  14. 1.5 Northern California
  15. 1.7 1 km ENE of Berkeley, 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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