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M 1.6md

2 km ENE of Alameda, California

· 16 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Contra Costa County 29 kmAlameda County 32 kmSan Mateo County 42 kmMarin County 54 kmSolano County 60 kmSan Francisco County 70 kmSanta Clara County 79 kmNapa County 81 kmSan Joaquin County 86 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Contra Costa County, 29 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3272 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 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. 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.

Where

Epicentre 37.7810, -122.2347. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Contra Costa County, CA 29 km (18 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Alameda County, CA 32 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
San Mateo County, CA 42 km (26 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Marin County, CA 54 km (34 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Marin County
Solano County, CA 60 km (37 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Solano County
San Francisco County, CA 70 km (44 mi) E of here 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. 1.6 3km NNE of San Leandro, CA
  2. 1.8 4km WNW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
  3. 1.8 3km SE of Oakland, CA
  4. 1.6 4km WNW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
  5. 1.7 4km SW of Stanford, CA
  6. 2.3 3km N of San Leandro, CA
  7. 1.5 5km E of Vallejo, CA
  8. 1.9 3km N of San Leandro, CA
  9. 2.4 2km E of Berkeley, CA
  10. 1.6 2km E of Hayward, CA
  11. 4.4 2km SE of Berkeley, CA
  12. 2.7 0km SW of Pacheco, CA
  13. 2.3 2km NW of Pittsburg, CA
  14. 1.6 5km NNW of Pacifica, CA
  15. 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.

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