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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7md

2km E of Berkeley, CA

· 8.8 km deep · released about 9.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Contra Costa County 27 kmAlameda County 39 kmMarin County 48 kmSolano County 52 kmSan Mateo County 52 kmSan Francisco County 70 kmNapa County 71 kmSan Joaquin County 86 kmSanta Clara County 88 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
8.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Contra Costa County, 27 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1879 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 9.3 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 100× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.3 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 37.8733, -122.2538. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Contra Costa County, CA 27 km (17 mi) W of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Alameda County, CA 39 km (24 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Marin County, CA 48 km (30 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Marin County
Solano County, CA 52 km (32 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Solano County
San Mateo County, CA 52 km (32 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
San Francisco County, CA 70 km (44 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near San Francisco County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 5km SW of Clayton, CA
  2. 1.6 6km E of Vallejo, CA
  3. 2.1 3km WNW of Crockett, CA
  4. 1.6 4km SSW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
  5. 2.1 4km WSW of Alamo, CA
  6. 2.1 6km SSW of Moraga, CA
  7. 1.9 5km SW of Pacheco, CA
  8. 1.8 2km SE of Pacheco, CA
  9. 1.6 1km S of Blackhawk, CA
  10. 1.8 5km SW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
  11. 1.5 3km N of San Leandro, CA
  12. 3.4 3km N of San Leandro, CA
  13. 3.0 3km N of San Leandro, CA
  14. 2.1 2km E of Hayward, CA
  15. 2.7 1km SSE of Vallejo, 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 16,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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