Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.0md
10km E of Blackhawk, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (md)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity I
- Nearest
- Contra Costa County, 17 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1944 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 28 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 540,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 380,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 34× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 28 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 37.8272, -121.7973. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contra Costa County, CA | 17 km (11 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| Alameda County, CA | 22 km (14 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| San Joaquin County, CA | 48 km (30 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near San Joaquin County |
| Solano County, CA | 50 km (31 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Solano County |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Santa Clara County |
| San Mateo County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near San Mateo 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.
- 2.9 10km NE of Milpitas, CA
- 2.2 5km E of Vallejo, CA
- 1.8 1km NW of Diablo, CA
- 1.7 3km ESE of Pacheco, CA
- 1.7 6km WNW of Dublin, CA
- 1.6 5km E of Vallejo, CA
- 1.9 10km NE of Milpitas, CA
- 1.7 5km NW of Dublin, CA
- 2.6 6km S of Livermore, CA
- 2.4 11km NE of Milpitas, CA
- 1.8 5km ENE of Vallejo, CA
- 1.7 8km SSW of Livermore, CA
- 1.8 3km SW of Alamo, CA
- 1.9 3km SW of Clayton, CA
- 1.8 1km ENE 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 5,200 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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