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M 2.3md

7 km SSW of Philo, California

· 0.7 km deep · released about 72 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mendocino County 47 kmLake County 65 kmSonoma County 72 kmColusa County 109 kmGlenn County 114 kmNapa County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
0.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mendocino County, 47 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3476 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 72 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 39.0083, -123.4837. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mendocino County, CA 47 km (29 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mendocino County
Lake County, CA 65 km (40 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lake County
Sonoma County, CA 72 km (45 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sonoma County
Colusa County, CA 109 km (68 mi) W of here earthquakes near Colusa County
Glenn County, CA 114 km (71 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Napa County, CA 115 km (71 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Napa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 11 km SW of Philo, California
  2. 2.2 9 km SE of Willits, California
  3. 2.2 8 km SSW of Comptche, California
  4. 1.5 near the coast of Northern California
  5. 2.5 7 km NNE of Hopland, California
  6. 1.8 9 km W of Hopland, California
  7. 1.6 6 km W of Sea Ranch, California
  8. 3.9 3 km NW of Redwood Valley, California
  9. 1.6 5 km E of Point Arena, California
  10. 1.8 3 km WSW of Hopland, California
  11. 1.6 8 km E of Willits, California
  12. 2.0 6 km ENE of Calpella, California
  13. 1.7 9 km ESE of Willits, California
  14. 1.7 1 km N of Talmage, California
  15. 2.2 12 km WSW of Hopland, 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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