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M 1.8md
Earthquake near Talmage, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Talmage in the last 24 hours. M 1.5, 3 km (2 mi) NE of Talmage, at 3:26 am PST on 12 November 2026 (11:26 UTC); the estimated shaking in Talmage was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Talmage
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 12 km (7 mi) southeast of Talmage, CA, at 12:08 am PDT on 31 July 2020 (07:08 UTC), 2.9 km deep.
USGS: 12km SE of Talmage, CA
- When
- 12:08 am PDT on 31 July 2020 ()
- Where
- 12 km (7 mi) southeast of Talmage, CA · earthquakes near Talmage
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- 2.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lake County, 30 km ENE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Maacama fault, 2 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 2294 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In Talmage, 12 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Lakeport, Ukiah, North Lakeport, Upper Lake, Nice, Kelseyville.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 13 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.1 on 2016-08-10 — about 100,000 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 · 7 km N 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 39.0527, -123.0832. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County, CA | 30 km (19 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Mendocino County, CA | 52 km (33 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 60 km (37 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Colusa County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | E | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Glenn County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Napa County, CA | 89 km (56 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Napa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 10km ESE of Willits, CA
- 1.8 10km ESE of Willits, CA
- 3.3 11km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 4.2 11km ESE of Willits, CA
- 2.9 10km ESE of Willits, CA
- 1.6 7km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.6 8km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.4 5km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.7 6km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.9 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.9 6km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 4km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.7 6km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.9 5km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.5 6km WNW of The Geysers, 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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