Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8md
2 km NNE of North Gate, California
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Contra Costa County, 4 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3308 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 14 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 790,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 70× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 37.9292, -121.9913. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contra Costa County, CA | 4 km (2 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| Alameda County, CA | 32 km (20 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| Solano County, CA | 38 km (24 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Solano County |
| San Joaquin County, CA | 63 km (39 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near San Joaquin County |
| San Mateo County, CA | 66 km (41 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near San Mateo County |
| Marin County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Marin County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 2km E of Berkeley, CA
- 1.5 9km SE of Livermore, CA
- 1.6 2km E of Hayward, CA
- 4.4 2km SE of Berkeley, CA
- 2.7 0km SW of Pacheco, CA
- 1.5 8km SSE of Rio Vista, CA
- 2.3 2km NW of Pittsburg, CA
- 1.6 13km SSE of Livermore, CA
- 2.1 2km ENE of Berkeley, CA
- 1.6 2km E of Diablo, CA
- 1.6 6km ENE of Dublin, CA
- 1.8 10km SSE of Elmira, CA
- 2.4 10km S of Elmira, CA
- 2.6 2km NNE of San Leandro, CA
- 1.7 5km NNE of San Leandro, 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.
On USGS
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