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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5md

6km NW of The Geysers, CA

· 0.7 km deep · released about 140 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sonoma County 33 kmLake County 33 kmNapa County 54 kmColusa County 64 kmYolo County 80 kmMarin County 85 kmMendocino County 88 kmGlenn County 95 kmSolano County 97 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
0.7 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Sonoma County, 33 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1912 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 140 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 75,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 140 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 38.8118, -122.8107. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sonoma County, CA 33 km (21 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sonoma County
Lake County, CA 33 km (21 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lake County
Napa County, CA 54 km (34 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Napa County
Colusa County, CA 64 km (40 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Colusa County
Yolo County, CA 80 km (50 mi) W of here earthquakes near Yolo County
Marin County, CA 85 km (53 mi) N of here earthquakes near Marin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
  2. 1.7 2km NE of The Geysers, CA
  3. 1.9 1km NNW of The Geysers, CA
  4. 1.7 1km E of The Geysers, CA
  5. 2.1 7km NW of The Geysers, CA
  6. 1.9 5km NE of Talmage, CA
  7. 2.0 13km NE of Upper Lake, CA
  8. 1.8 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
  9. 1.7 6km SW of Calistoga, CA
  10. 1.7 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
  11. 2.0 8km NW of The Geysers, CA
  12. 1.6 4km W of Cobb, CA
  13. 1.9 6km W of Cobb, CA
  14. 1.9 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
  15. 1.7 13km NW 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.0 on 2016-12-14 — it released about 6,900 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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