Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7md
18km WSW of Petrolia, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 19 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Humboldt County, 67 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2994 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 10 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 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 40.2865, -124.4957. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt County, CA | 67 km (42 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Humboldt County |
| Trinity County, CA | 124 km (77 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Trinity County |
| Mendocino County, CA | 131 km (81 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 8km SSE of Ferndale, CA
- 2.7 8km SSE of Ferndale, CA
- 2.5 25km W of Petrolia, CA
- 2.0 22km W of Petrolia, CA
- 2.0 20km WSW of Ferndale, CA
- 2.5 19km WSW of Petrolia, CA
- 2.9 47km W of Ferndale, CA
- 1.9 16km SW of Petrolia, CA
- 1.6 18km SE of Petrolia, CA
- 1.9 12km W of Petrolia, CA
- 2.6 16km NW of Petrolia, CA
- 2.3 8km WSW of Petrolia, CA
- 2.4 28km WNW of Petrolia, CA
- 2.2 6km NNE of Hydesville, CA
- 2.1 17km WNW of Petrolia, 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 4.7 on 2018-03-23 — it released about 30,000 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
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