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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3md

1km W of Pleasant Hill, CA

· 11 km deep · released about 98 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Contra Costa County 11 kmAlameda County 36 kmSolano County 37 kmMarin County 61 kmSan Mateo County 65 kmNapa County 66 kmSan Joaquin County 70 kmYolo County 83 kmSacramento County 84 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
22 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Contra Costa County, 11 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2344 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 22 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 98 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 98 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 37.9473, -122.0678. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Contra Costa County, CA 11 km (7 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Alameda County, CA 36 km (22 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Solano County, CA 37 km (23 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Solano County
Marin County, CA 61 km (38 mi) E of here earthquakes near Marin County
San Mateo County, CA 65 km (40 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Napa County, CA 66 km (41 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Napa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 8km WSW of Mountain House, CA
  2. 2.6 6km SW of Clayton, CA
  3. 2.5 6km NE of Alamo, CA
  4. 1.6 5km E of Vallejo, CA
  5. 1.9 6km E of Fremont, CA
  6. 1.9 6km NE of Alamo, CA
  7. 1.6 3km ESE of Union City, CA
  8. 2.5 11km SSW of Brentwood, CA
  9. 2.0 3km SW of American Canyon, CA
  10. 2.3 9km NE of Blackhawk, CA
  11. 1.8 1km WNW of Kensington, CA
  12. 1.8 7km N of Orinda, CA
  13. 1.9 5km ENE of Vallejo, CA
  14. 1.5 4km WSW of Brentwood, CA
  15. 2.1 10km SW of Brentwood, 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 4.5 on 2019-10-15 — it released about 1,500 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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