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M 1.8md

8 km SSW of Dunnigan, California

· 17 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Yolo County 18 kmSutter County 37 kmNapa County 44 kmColusa County 45 kmSolano County 61 kmSacramento County 71 kmLake County 71 kmYuba County 77 kmSonoma County 85 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Yolo County, 18 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3392 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 17 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 870,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 620,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 55× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 38.8137, -122.0147. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Yolo County, CA 18 km (11 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Yolo County
Sutter County, CA 37 km (23 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sutter County
Napa County, CA 44 km (27 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Napa County
Colusa County, CA 45 km (28 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Colusa County
Solano County, CA 61 km (38 mi) N of here earthquakes near Solano County
Sacramento County, CA 71 km (44 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sacramento County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 20km E of Angwin, CA
  2. 1.5 14km E of Angwin, CA
  3. 1.6 11km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA
  4. 2.0 10km NE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA
  5. 1.7 13km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA
  6. 1.9 10km ENE of Yountville, CA
  7. 2.6 20km ENE of Clearlake Oaks, CA
  8. 1.6 4km NW of Angwin, CA
  9. 1.8 8km SW of South Yuba City, CA
  10. 2.4 10km E of Hidden Valley Lake, CA
  11. 1.5 16km E of Hidden Valley Lake, CA
  12. 1.7 9km E of Hidden Valley Lake, CA
  13. 2.2 19km ENE of Clearlake, CA
  14. 2.0 19km WSW of Williams, CA
  15. 1.6 10km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, 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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