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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

3km ESE of Rodeo, CA

· 7.5 km deep · released about 6.2 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Contra Costa County 27 kmSolano County 38 kmMarin County 45 kmAlameda County 50 kmNapa County 55 kmSan Mateo County 68 kmSan Francisco County 77 kmYolo County 79 kmSonoma County 83 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
7.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Contra Costa County, 27 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2721 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 6.2 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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 38.0195, -122.2330. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Contra Costa County, CA 27 km (17 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Solano County, CA 38 km (23 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Solano County
Marin County, CA 45 km (28 mi) E of here earthquakes near Marin County
Alameda County, CA 50 km (31 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Napa County, CA 55 km (34 mi) S of here earthquakes near Napa County
San Mateo County, CA 68 km (42 mi) N 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

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

  1. 2.6 6km WSW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
  2. 2.5 6km WSW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
  3. 1.9 12km NW of Rio Vista, CA
  4. 1.6 4km ESE of Kenwood, CA
  5. 2.4 4km NNW of Green Valley, CA
  6. 1.6 2km E of Berkeley, CA
  7. 1.6 3km ENE of Pittsburg, CA
  8. 2.0 3km SSW of Alameda, CA
  9. 2.5 3km N of San Leandro, CA
  10. 2.0 5km SSE of Pittsburg, CA
  11. 1.6 4km ESE of Moraga, CA
  12. 1.5 3km NE of Alamo, CA
  13. 1.8 2km NE of San Ramon, CA
  14. 1.8 2km NE of San Ramon, CA
  15. 2.0 9km N of Pittsburg, 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 18,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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