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quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

3km S of Loyola, CA

· -0.3 km deep · released about 19 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Mateo County 26 kmSanta Cruz County 35 kmSanta Clara County 38 kmAlameda County 40 kmContra Costa County 68 kmSan Francisco County 94 kmMarin County 99 kmSan Joaquin County 100 kmStanislaus County 101 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
-0.3 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
San Mateo County, 26 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2736 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 810,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 580,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 51× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 37.3205, -122.1022. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Mateo County, CA 26 km (16 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Santa Cruz County, CA 35 km (22 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Santa Cruz County
Santa Clara County, CA 38 km (24 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County
Alameda County, CA 40 km (25 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Contra Costa County, CA 68 km (42 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
San Francisco County, CA 94 km (58 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Francisco County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 15km NE of Alum Rock, CA
  2. 1.5 2km WSW of Los Altos Hills, CA
  3. 3.3 16km N of Morgan Hill, CA
  4. 1.5 8km ENE of Alum Rock, CA
  5. 1.6 8km N of Day Valley, CA
  6. 1.7 10km WSW of Bonny Doon, CA
  7. 1.7 10km WSW of Bonny Doon, CA
  8. 2.1 11km SW of Bonny Doon, CA
  9. 2.1 2km NNE of Pacifica, CA
  10. 1.5 16km N of Morgan Hill, CA
  11. 2.4 8km NE of Alum Rock, CA
  12. 1.6 16km N of Morgan Hill, CA
  13. 1.5 13km NNE of Morgan Hill, CA
  14. 2.5 8km ENE of Alum Rock, CA
  15. 2.2 8km ENE of Alum Rock, 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 4.1 on 2017-10-10 — it released about 2,200 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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