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M 1.7md

11km NE of Napa, CA

· 12 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Napa County 19 kmSolano County 25 kmYolo County 43 kmContra Costa County 54 kmMarin County 60 kmSonoma County 66 kmSacramento County 75 kmAlameda County 84 kmSutter County 86 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Napa County, 19 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3014 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 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× 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 38.3660, -122.1933. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Napa County, CA 19 km (12 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Napa County
Solano County, CA 25 km (15 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Solano County
Yolo County, CA 43 km (27 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Yolo County
Contra Costa County, CA 54 km (34 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Marin County, CA 60 km (37 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Marin County
Sonoma County, CA 66 km (41 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Sonoma County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 5km WSW of Yountville, CA
  2. 1.6 6km NE of Penngrove, CA
  3. 2.5 9km N of Bay Point, CA
  4. 1.5 0km SSW of Angwin, CA
  5. 2.2 6km SSW of Yountville, CA
  6. 1.7 2km SW of Concord, CA
  7. 2.6 2km W of Concord, CA
  8. 2.9 12km SE of Suisun City, CA
  9. 2.2 11km NE of Napa, CA
  10. 2.9 15km ESE of Suisun City, CA
  11. 2.2 8km SE of Suisun City, CA
  12. 1.9 10km ESE of Black Point-Green Point, CA
  13. 3.7 10km ESE of Black Point-Green Point, CA
  14. 1.8 8km SE of Suisun City, CA
  15. 2.0 13km ESE of Angwin, 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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