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M 1.7md
Earthquake near Fort Bragg, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Fort Bragg in the 24 hours to 5:57 pm PST (01:57 UTC). The last one was M 5.0, 186 km (115 mi) NW, at 8:56 pm PST on 4 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 145 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Fort Bragg
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 17 km (10 mi) northeast of Fort Bragg, CA, at 7:02 pm PDT on 8 June 2018 (02:02 UTC), 3.5 km deep.
USGS: 17km NE of Fort Bragg, CA
- When
- 7:02 pm PDT on 8 June 2018 ()
- Where
- 17 km (10 mi) northeast of Fort Bragg, CA · earthquakes near Fort Bragg
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 3.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mendocino County, 21 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Maacama fault, 15 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Fort Bragg, 17 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: Laytonville, Brooktrails, Willits.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.3 on 2017-12-14 — about 6,500 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.9 9 km S of Leggett, California · 28 km NNW 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 39.5382, -123.6492. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendocino County, CA | 21 km (13 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Lake County, CA | 91 km (57 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Glenn County, CA | 107 km (67 mi) | E | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 129 km (80 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Napa County, CA | 162 km (101 mi) | SE | 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.
- 1.8 5km NNW of Laytonville, CA
- 1.9 5km NNW of Laytonville, CA
- 2.0 13km S of Laytonville, CA
- 2.4 9km ESE of Willits, CA
- 2.5 8km ESE of Willits, CA
- 2.0 9km ESE of Willits, CA
- 1.9 21km N of Laytonville, CA
- 2.6 9km NNE of Brooktrails, CA
- 2.0 8km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 2.2 18km W of Cape Vizcaino, CA
- 1.9 3km NW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.6 7km ENE of Willits, CA
- 2.3 7km E of Willits, CA
- 1.6 7km ENE of Willits, CA
- 1.8 13km SSE of Laytonville, 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
- 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
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