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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

30km SW of Bonny Doon, CA

· 7.9 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Santa Cruz County 39 kmSan Mateo County 61 kmSanta Clara County 75 kmAlameda County 98 kmSan Francisco County 111 kmMonterey County 120 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
7.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Santa Cruz County, 39 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2372 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 16 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 5.8 970,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 61× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 36.8632, -122.4077. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Santa Cruz County, CA 39 km (24 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Santa Cruz County
San Mateo County, CA 61 km (38 mi) S of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Santa Clara County, CA 75 km (47 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County
Alameda County, CA 98 km (61 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
San Francisco County, CA 111 km (69 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Francisco County
Monterey County, CA 120 km (74 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Monterey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 13 km SSW of Bonny Doon, CA
  2. 1.6 18 km SSW of Santa Cruz, CA
  3. 1.6 4 km SSW of Lexington Hills, CA
  4. 1.7 4km SW of Felton, CA
  5. 1.8 6km NW of Pacific Grove, CA
  6. 2.1 10km SW of Bonny Doon, CA
  7. 2.4 13km WSW of Santa Cruz, CA
  8. 2.0 11km W of Moss Landing, CA
  9. 1.8 12km W of Saratoga, CA
  10. 2.2 34km W of Bonny Doon, CA
  11. 1.9 11km SW of Bonny Doon, CA
  12. 1.6 12km NW of Pacific Grove, CA
  13. 1.7 22km W of Bonny Doon, CA
  14. 2.7 5km SSW of Lexington Hills, CA
  15. 1.7 23km WNW of Bonny Doon, 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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