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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

5 km S of Monument Hills, California

· 12 km deep · released about 260 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Yolo County 8 kmSolano County 39 kmNapa County 42 kmSutter County 49 kmSacramento County 49 kmColusa County 70 kmContra Costa County 78 kmYuba County 86 kmSan Joaquin County 92 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 2.6 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
6 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Yolo County, 8 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3421 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 260 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 59,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 42,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 260 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 38.6152, -121.8658. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Yolo County, CA 8 km (5 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Yolo County
Solano County, CA 39 km (24 mi) N of here earthquakes near Solano County
Napa County, CA 42 km (26 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Napa County
Sutter County, CA 49 km (30 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sutter County
Sacramento County, CA 49 km (30 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Sacramento County
Colusa County, CA 70 km (44 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Colusa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 8km ENE of Angwin, CA
  2. 1.9 5km ENE of Angwin, CA
  3. 1.9 13km NNE of Angwin, CA
  4. 1.8 15km ESE of Angwin, CA
  5. 1.8 9km ENE of Napa, CA
  6. 2.1 12km E of Angwin, CA
  7. 2.6 6km SSE of Elmira, CA
  8. 1.8 15km E of Angwin, CA
  9. 2.9 12km SE of Suisun City, CA
  10. 2.2 11km NE of Napa, CA
  11. 2.9 15km ESE of Suisun City, CA
  12. 2.2 8km SE of Suisun City, CA
  13. 1.8 8km SE of Suisun City, CA
  14. 2.0 13km ESE of Angwin, CA
  15. 1.9 7km ENE of Angwin, 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.

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