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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

1km N of Pacheco, CA

· 16 km deep · released about 44 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Contra Costa County 13 kmSolano County 33 kmAlameda County 41 kmMarin County 59 kmNapa County 61 kmSan Mateo County 69 kmSan Joaquin County 71 kmYolo County 78 kmSacramento County 81 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Contra Costa County, 13 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2782 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 44 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 240,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 44 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 37.9932, -122.0732. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Contra Costa County, CA 13 km (8 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Solano County, CA 33 km (20 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Solano County
Alameda County, CA 41 km (25 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Marin County, CA 59 km (37 mi) E of here earthquakes near Marin County
Napa County, CA 61 km (38 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Napa County
San Mateo County, CA 69 km (43 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 10km NW of Rio Vista, CA
  2. 1.8 5km NW of Mountain House, CA
  3. 1.9 2km NW of Crockett, CA
  4. 2.1 6km SSW of Yountville, CA
  5. 1.6 2km S of Alamo, CA
  6. 2.2 3km ESE of Berkeley, CA
  7. 1.9 4km SE of Rodeo, CA
  8. 1.7 1km N of East Richmond Heights, CA
  9. 2.0 5km N of San Leandro, CA
  10. 1.8 3km S of Alamo, CA
  11. 1.7 4km ESE of American Canyon, CA
  12. 3.4 2km NE of Pacheco, CA
  13. 1.5 2km W of Crockett, CA
  14. 1.9 4km NE of Vallejo, CA
  15. 1.5 3km ESE of Rodeo, 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 4.4 on 2018-01-04 — it released about 2,500 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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