Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.0ml
19km NE of Upper Lake, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- 18 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Lake County, 22 km S
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2984 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 18 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 310,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 14,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 9,800× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 1,100 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 39.3032, -122.7735. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County, CA | 22 km (14 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Glenn County, CA | 46 km (29 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Colusa County, CA | 48 km (30 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Mendocino County, CA | 59 km (37 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 88 km (54 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Napa County, CA | 97 km (60 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Napa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 6km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.5 2km WNW of Kelseyville, CA
- 1.6 10km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 2.5 5km NE of Willits, CA
- 1.8 7km SE of Willits, CA
- 2.0 7km SE of Willits, CA
- 1.8 7km W of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.8 9km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.8 3km NW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.6 9km SSE of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.8 17km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 2.2 18km NE of Upper Lake, CA
- 1.5 15km NE of Upper Lake, CA
- 1.6 10km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.9 10km N of Lake Pillsbury, 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.1 on 2016-08-10 — it released about 1,200 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.