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M 1.6md
Earthquake near Alameda, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Alameda in the 24 hours to 5:18 am PST (13:18 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 11 km (7 mi) N, at 6:23 pm PST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 114 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Alameda
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Alameda, CA, at 5:16 am PDT on 10 October 2017 (12:16 UTC), 16 km deep.
USGS: 2 km ENE of Alameda, California
in Oakland, CA
- When
- 5:16 am PDT on 10 October 2017 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Alameda, CA · earthquakes near Alameda
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Contra Costa County, 29 km ENE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Hayward fault, 4 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3318 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Alameda, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Oakland, Piedmont, Emeryville, San Leandro, Berkeley, Moraga.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.9 The 1906 San Francisco, California Earthquake · 28 km W of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 2014 South Napa, California Earthquake · 49 km N of this epicentre
- 5.8 The 1980 Livermore, California Earthquake · 42 km E of this epicentre
- 5.4 9 km NE of Livermore, California · 47 km E of this epicentre
- 5.3 The 1957 San Francisco, California Earthquake · 25 km WSW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 37.7810, -122.2347. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contra Costa County, CA | 29 km (18 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| Alameda County, CA | 32 km (20 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| San Mateo County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near San Mateo County |
| Marin County, CA | 54 km (34 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Solano County, CA | 60 km (37 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Solano County |
| San Francisco County, CA | 70 km (44 mi) | W | earthquakes near San Francisco County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
43 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 3km NNE of San Leandro, CA
- 1.8 4km WNW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
- 1.8 3km SE of Oakland, CA
- 1.6 4km WNW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
- 1.7 4km SW of Stanford, CA
- 2.3 3km N of San Leandro, CA
- 1.5 5km E of Vallejo, CA
- 1.9 3km N of San Leandro, CA
- 2.4 2km E of Berkeley, CA
- 1.6 2km E of Hayward, CA
- 4.4 2km SE of Berkeley, CA
- 2.7 0km SW of Pacheco, CA
- 2.3 2km NW of Pittsburg, CA
- 1.6 5km NNW of Pacifica, CA
- 2.2 5km NNW of Pacifica, 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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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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