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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

11 km S of Muir Beach, California

· 13 km deep · released about 7.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Marin County 36 kmSan Francisco County 41 kmSan Mateo County 42 kmContra Costa County 57 kmAlameda County 59 kmSolano County 78 kmNapa County 85 kmSonoma County 90 kmSanta Cruz County 97 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Marin County, 36 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3233 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 7.8 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 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 37.7635, -122.5655. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Marin County, CA 36 km (22 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Marin County
San Francisco County, CA 41 km (26 mi) E of here earthquakes near San Francisco County
San Mateo County, CA 42 km (26 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Contra Costa County, CA 57 km (35 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Alameda County, CA 59 km (37 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Solano County, CA 78 km (49 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Solano County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 3km W of Orinda, CA
  2. 1.6 4km ENE of Oakland, CA
  3. 1.5 4km NNW of Foster City, CA
  4. 2.2 3km ENE of Oakland, CA
  5. 3.5 3km ENE of Oakland, CA
  6. 2.0 7km NW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
  7. 2.2 3km ESE of Berkeley, CA
  8. 2.3 2km SSW of Alamo, CA
  9. 2.3 3km WSW of Muir Beach, CA
  10. 1.7 2km NW of Castro Valley, CA
  11. 2.2 1km NE of San Leandro, CA
  12. 2.8 3km NNW of Piedmont, CA
  13. 1.6 7km NNE of Castro Valley, CA
  14. 1.7 7km NNE of Castro Valley, CA
  15. 1.8 6km NNE of Castro Valley, 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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