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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

8km E of Interlaken, CA

· 5.4 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Santa Clara County 29 kmSanta Cruz County 33 kmSan Benito County 63 kmAlameda County 80 kmSan Mateo County 82 kmMonterey County 86 kmMerced County 86 kmStanislaus County 88 kmContra Costa County 110 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
5.4 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Santa Clara County, 29 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2689 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 810,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 72× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 36.9628, -121.6438. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Santa Clara County, CA 29 km (18 mi) S of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz County, CA 33 km (20 mi) E of here earthquakes near Santa Cruz County
San Benito County, CA 63 km (39 mi) NW of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Alameda County, CA 80 km (50 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Alameda County
San Mateo County, CA 82 km (51 mi) SE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Monterey County, CA 86 km (53 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Monterey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 8km ENE of Alum Rock, CA
  2. 1.6 8km N of Day Valley, CA
  3. 1.8 10km S of Tres Pinos, CA
  4. 1.9 6km S of Gilroy, CA
  5. 2.0 4km W of San Juan Bautista, CA
  6. 1.5 8km SSE of San Juan Bautista, CA
  7. 1.7 2km NNW of Aromas, CA
  8. 1.5 16km N of Morgan Hill, CA
  9. 1.6 16km N of Morgan Hill, CA
  10. 1.6 6km SW of Gilroy, CA
  11. 1.5 13km NNE of Morgan Hill, CA
  12. 2.5 8km ENE of Alum Rock, CA
  13. 2.2 8km ENE of Alum Rock, CA
  14. 2.0 8km ENE of Alum Rock, CA
  15. 3.0 3km ESE of Aromas, 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 4.2 on 2016-07-19 — it released about 4,900 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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