Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7md
1km S of Kensington, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 4.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 33 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Contra Costa County, 29 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2305 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 33 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 37.8988, -122.2813. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contra Costa County, CA | 29 km (18 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| Alameda County, CA | 43 km (27 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| Marin County, CA | 44 km (27 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Solano County, CA | 51 km (32 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Solano County |
| San Mateo County, CA | 54 km (34 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near San Mateo County |
| Napa County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Napa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
35 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 1km SW of Diablo, CA
- 1.6 3km SW of Clayton, CA
- 1.5 6km NW of Pacifica, CA
- 1.6 3km ENE of Oakland, CA
- 2.2 3km ENE of Walnut Creek, CA
- 3.2 3km ESE of San Leandro, CA
- 2.6 3km ESE of San Leandro, CA
- 1.8 2km N of Danville, CA
- 2.7 2km SSE of Crockett, CA
- 2.3 2km NE of El Cerrito, CA
- 1.6 4km SSW of Newark, CA
- 2.6 6km SW of Clayton, CA
- 2.5 6km NE of Alamo, CA
- 1.6 5km E of Vallejo, CA
- 1.9 6km NE of Alamo, 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 12,000 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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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