Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8md
3km WSW of Oakley, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Contra Costa County, 19 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1979 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 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.
Where
Epicentre 37.9875, -121.7475. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contra Costa County, CA | 19 km (12 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| Solano County, CA | 35 km (22 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Solano County |
| Alameda County, CA | 41 km (25 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| San Joaquin County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near San Joaquin County |
| Sacramento County, CA | 62 km (39 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Sacramento County |
| Napa County, CA | 77 km (48 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Napa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 3km SW of Clayton, CA
- 1.8 1km ENE of Alamo, CA
- 1.7 5km WNW of Dublin, CA
- 1.6 1km NE of Berkeley, CA
- 2.0 1km NNW of Pleasant Hill, CA
- 1.6 9km WSW of Mountain House, CA
- 1.5 2km ESE of Berkeley, CA
- 1.5 4km E of Moraga, CA
- 2.2 4km NNE of Blackhawk, CA
- 2.5 4km NNE of Blackhawk, CA
- 2.0 4km NE of Blackhawk, CA
- 1.5 16km SSE of Livermore, CA
- 1.6 9km WSW of Mountain House, CA
- 2.3 2km WNW of Concord, CA
- 1.7 2km E of Berkeley, 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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