Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5md
6km ENE of Santa Rosa, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 4.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Sonoma County, 26 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2819 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 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 38.4720, -122.6360. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma County, CA | 26 km (16 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Napa County, CA | 27 km (17 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Marin County, CA | 48 km (30 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Solano County, CA | 65 km (40 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Solano County |
| Yolo County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Yolo County |
| Lake County, CA | 71 km (44 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Lake County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 2km NNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.9 2km NE of The Geysers, CA
- 2.1 2km NE of The Geysers, CA
- 2.0 2km WSW of Anderson Springs, CA
- 1.5 6km W of Cobb, CA
- 1.7 6km NNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.6 3km NE of The Geysers, CA
- 1.5 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.6 9km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.9 13km NNE of Angwin, CA
- 1.9 7km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.9 7km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.7 3km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.1 2km SSW of Cobb, CA
- 1.6 6km W of Cobb, 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 5.0 on 2016-12-14 — it released about 170,000 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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