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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

9km ESE of Willits, CA

· -0.5 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mendocino County 17 kmLake County 54 kmGlenn County 77 kmColusa County 91 kmSonoma County 100 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
-0.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Mendocino County, 17 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2687 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 17 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 5.8 900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 640,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 57× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 39.3823, -123.2567. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mendocino County, CA 17 km (11 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Mendocino County
Lake County, CA 54 km (33 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Glenn County, CA 77 km (48 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Colusa County, CA 91 km (56 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Colusa County
Sonoma County, CA 100 km (62 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sonoma County
Tehama County, CA 120 km (75 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Tehama County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 6km ESE of Willits, CA
  2. 1.7 13km SE of Laytonville, CA
  3. 1.6 4km SE of Willits, CA
  4. 1.6 8km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA
  5. 1.9 14km WNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
  6. 1.6 3km SSE of Redwood Valley, CA
  7. 1.8 14km WNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
  8. 2.0 7km ENE of Brooktrails, CA
  9. 2.5 6km SW of Upper Lake, CA
  10. 2.7 13km WNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
  11. 1.8 14km NNE of Brooktrails, CA
  12. 1.8 3km N of Brooktrails, CA
  13. 1.6 10km SE of Willits, CA
  14. 1.7 10km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA
  15. 1.7 11km SW of Lake Pillsbury, 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 5.1 on 2016-08-10 — it released about 78,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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