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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7md

17km NE of Fort Bragg, CA

· 3.5 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mendocino County 21 kmLake County 91 kmGlenn County 107 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
3.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mendocino County, 21 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3032 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 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. 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.

Where

Epicentre 39.5382, -123.6492. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mendocino County, CA 21 km (13 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Mendocino County
Lake County, CA 91 km (57 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Glenn County, CA 107 km (67 mi) W of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Sonoma County, CA 129 km (80 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sonoma County
Napa County, CA 162 km (101 mi) NW 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. 1.8 5km NNW of Laytonville, CA
  2. 1.9 5km NNW of Laytonville, CA
  3. 2.0 13km S of Laytonville, CA
  4. 2.4 9km ESE of Willits, CA
  5. 2.5 8km ESE of Willits, CA
  6. 2.0 9km ESE of Willits, CA
  7. 1.9 21km N of Laytonville, CA
  8. 2.6 9km NNE of Brooktrails, CA
  9. 2.0 8km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA
  10. 2.2 18km W of Cape Vizcaino, CA
  11. 1.9 3km NW of Redwood Valley, CA
  12. 1.6 7km ENE of Willits, CA
  13. 2.3 7km E of Willits, CA
  14. 1.6 7km ENE of Willits, CA
  15. 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.3 on 2017-12-14 — it released about 6,500 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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