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M 3.2ml
Earthquake near Ukiah, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Ukiah in the last 24 hours. M 1.5, 5 km (3 mi) E of Ukiah, at 3:26 am PST on 12 November 2026 (11:26 UTC); the estimated shaking in Ukiah was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Ukiah
This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 32 km (20 mi) west of Ukiah, CA, at 8:05 am PDT on 3 September 2019 (15:05 UTC), 5.5 km deep. 60 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 18km ESE of Navarro Head, CA
- When
- 8:05 am PDT on 3 September 2019 ()
- Where
- 32 km (20 mi) west of Ukiah, CA · earthquakes near Ukiah
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 60 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Nearest
- Mendocino County, 35 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas fault, 15 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2439 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 48 km (30 mi) from the epicentre. In Ukiah, 32 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Boonville 23 km, intensity II · Ukiah 32 km, intensity II · Willits 36 km, intensity II · Brooktrails 38 km, intensity II · Fort Bragg 40 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1.1 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 150,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 6,900× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 4,900× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.2 about 1.1 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.3× more
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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.3 on 2019-04-29 — about 42 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 6 km ESE of Talmage, California · 42 km E of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 39.1328, -123.5800. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendocino County, CA | 35 km (22 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Lake County, CA | 72 km (45 mi) | E | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Glenn County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Colusa County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | E | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Napa County, CA | 129 km (80 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Napa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 11km SSE of Talmage, CA
- 2.1 11km SSE of Talmage, CA
- 1.6 4km SE of Boonville, CA
- 1.6 2km E of Willits, CA
- 1.7 6km ENE of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.6 23km SSW of Willits, CA
- 2.0 10km SSE of Talmage, CA
- 1.6 10km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.6 15km ESE of Navarro Head, CA
- 2.5 6km ESE of Point Arena, CA
- 1.6 9km ENE of Brooktrails, CA
- 1.8 7km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.7 2km WNW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 2.0 2km W of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.8 2km WNW of Redwood Valley, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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