Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7md
4km NW of Redwood Valley, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 4.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mendocino County, 24 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1895 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 39.2888, -123.2387. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendocino County, CA | 24 km (15 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Lake County, CA | 47 km (29 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Glenn County, CA | 80 km (50 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Colusa County, CA | 87 km (54 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 89 km (55 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Napa County, CA | 117 km (73 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Napa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
11 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 2km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.9 7km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 2.0 7km ESE of Willits, CA
- 1.6 14km NE of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.7 10km SSE of Laytonville, CA
- 1.6 12km N of Brooktrails, CA
- 1.5 5km E of Boonville, CA
- 2.3 6km E of Willits, CA
- 1.6 13km SE of Talmage, CA
- 1.9 14km SSW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.6 6km S of Fort Bragg, 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 5.1 on 2016-08-10 — it released about 120,000 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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