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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

5km WSW of Yountville, CA

· 10 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Napa County 16 kmSolano County 44 kmMarin County 47 kmSonoma County 47 kmYolo County 56 kmContra Costa County 66 kmLake County 86 kmColusa County 90 kmSan Francisco County 91 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 2.0 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Napa County, 16 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2719 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 38.3823, -122.4178. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Napa County, CA 16 km (10 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Napa County
Solano County, CA 44 km (27 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Solano County
Marin County, CA 47 km (29 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Marin County
Sonoma County, CA 47 km (29 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Sonoma County
Yolo County, CA 56 km (35 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Yolo County
Contra Costa County, CA 66 km (41 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 4km SW of Anderson Springs, CA
  2. 1.8 4km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA
  3. 2.0 3km WSW of Anderson Springs, CA
  4. 3.2 4km SSW of Calistoga, CA
  5. 1.7 1km N of East Richmond Heights, CA
  6. 1.9 2km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA
  7. 1.7 4km ESE of American Canyon, CA
  8. 1.5 2km W of Crockett, 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.

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