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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

2km NNW of Talmage, CA

· 3.5 km deep · released about 41 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lake County 38 kmMendocino County 39 kmSonoma County 73 kmColusa County 81 kmGlenn County 83 kmNapa County 103 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
3.5 km below the surface
Felt
10 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Lake County, 38 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2477 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 10 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 41 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 370,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 260,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 23× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 41 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 39.1527, -123.1783. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lake County, CA 38 km (23 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lake County
Mendocino County, CA 39 km (24 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mendocino County
Sonoma County, CA 73 km (45 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sonoma County
Colusa County, CA 81 km (50 mi) W of here earthquakes near Colusa County
Glenn County, CA 83 km (52 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Napa County, CA 103 km (64 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Napa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 4km SE of Boonville, CA
  2. 2.2 10km NW of The Geysers, CA
  3. 1.6 2km E of Willits, CA
  4. 1.6 9km WNW of The Geysers, CA
  5. 1.7 6km ENE of Redwood Valley, CA
  6. 1.6 10km NW of The Geysers, CA
  7. 1.6 23km SSW of Willits, CA
  8. 1.5 6km WNW of The Geysers, CA
  9. 1.6 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
  10. 1.8 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
  11. 2.0 10km SSE of Talmage, CA
  12. 1.9 7km W of Cobb, CA
  13. 1.8 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
  14. 1.6 9km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
  15. 1.5 11km NW 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 32,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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