Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8md
16km N of Morgan Hill, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- 5.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Santa Clara County, 7 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1916 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 14 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 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 760,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 68× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 37.2753, -121.6533. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara County, CA | 7 km (4 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Santa Clara County |
| Santa Cruz County, CA | 43 km (27 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Santa Cruz County |
| Alameda County, CA | 47 km (29 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| San Mateo County, CA | 65 km (41 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near San Mateo County |
| Stanislaus County, CA | 66 km (41 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Stanislaus County |
| Contra Costa County, CA | 76 km (47 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 12km NNE of Hollister, CA
- 2.2 3km E of Aromas, CA
- 2.3 8km ESE of Fremont, CA
- 2.9 10km NE of Milpitas, CA
- 2.0 3km E of Aromas, CA
- 1.6 11km ESE of Gilroy, CA
- 1.9 10km NE of Milpitas, CA
- 1.5 6km SW of Gilroy, CA
- 2.2 6km SW of Gilroy, CA
- 2.0 14km N of Morgan Hill, CA
- 2.6 6km S of Livermore, CA
- 2.4 11km NE of Milpitas, CA
- 1.6 2km E of Aromas, CA
- 1.9 15km E of Seven Trees, CA
- 1.7 3km ESE of Aromas, 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 4.2 on 2021-01-17 — it released about 4,300 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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