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M 2.4md

5 km SW of Oakville, California

· 8.3 km deep · released about 130 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Napa County 16 kmSonoma County 44 kmSolano County 47 kmMarin County 47 kmYolo County 57 kmContra Costa County 69 kmLake County 83 kmColusa County 88 kmSan Francisco County 91 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
8.3 km below the surface
Felt
23 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Napa County, 16 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3383 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 23 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 130 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 83,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 130 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 38.4008, -122.4460. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Napa County, CA 16 km (10 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Napa County
Sonoma County, CA 44 km (27 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Sonoma County
Solano County, CA 47 km (29 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Solano County
Marin County, CA 47 km (29 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Marin County
Yolo County, CA 57 km (35 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Yolo County
Contra Costa County, CA 69 km (43 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 13 km NNW of Moskowite Corner, California
  2. 3.3 2 km ENE of Angwin, California
  3. 1.6 7 km S of Cobb, California
  4. 1.9 14 km NW of Moskowite Corner, California
  5. 1.7 10 km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, California
  6. 1.6 5 km SSE of Cobb, California
  7. 1.7 7 km S of Cobb, California
  8. 1.9 5 km SSW of Cobb, California
  9. 1.7 5 km E of Rohnert Park, California
  10. 1.6 4 km WSW of Rutherford, California
  11. 2.0 7 km S of Cobb, California
  12. 1.7 7 km S of Cobb, California
  13. 1.6 5 km S of Cobb, California
  14. 1.6 5 km ENE of Kenwood, 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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