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M 1.8md
Earthquake near Redwood Valley, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Redwood Valley in the last 24 hours. M 1.5, 7 km (5 mi) SE of Redwood Valley, at 12:31 pm PST on 11 November 2026 (20:31 UTC); the estimated shaking in Redwood Valley was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Redwood Valley
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) northwest of Redwood Valley, CA, at 6:02 am PDT on 16 August 2018 (13:02 UTC), 4.1 km deep.
USGS: 3km NW of Redwood Valley, CA
- When
- 6:02 am PDT on 16 August 2018 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) northwest of Redwood Valley, CA · earthquakes near Redwood Valley
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- 4.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mendocino County, 25 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Maacama fault, 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3008 days ago
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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 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In Redwood Valley, 3 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: Ukiah, Talmage, Willits, Brooktrails, Upper Lake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 970,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 61× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 5.1 on 2016-08-10 — about 83,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 6 km ESE of Talmage, California · 22 km SSE 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 39.2837, -123.2230. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendocino County, CA | 25 km (16 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Lake County, CA | 46 km (28 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Glenn County, CA | 79 km (49 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Colusa County, CA | 86 km (53 mi) | E | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Napa County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Napa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
30 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 10km SSE of Laytonville, CA
- 1.9 7km NE of Brooktrails, CA
- 2.2 6km ESE of Willits, CA
- 3.8 6km ENE of Willits, CA
- 1.5 14km SSE of Talmage, CA
- 1.8 12km SE of Laytonville, CA
- 2.0 8km W of Upper Lake, CA
- 1.8 3km NW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 2.2 4km SW of Talmage, CA
- 2.1 6km SE of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.9 8km SSE of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.5 15km SW of Lakeport, CA
- 1.7 15km NE of Nice, CA
- 1.8 8km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 2.1 14km NNE 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.
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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