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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

2km NW of Pacifica, CA

· 8.3 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Mateo County 27 kmSan Francisco County 47 kmMarin County 52 kmAlameda County 52 kmContra Costa County 59 kmSanta Cruz County 82 kmSanta Clara County 85 kmSolano County 87 kmNapa County 99 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
8.3 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
San Mateo County, 27 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1857 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 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
  4. 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 37.6282, -122.5080. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Mateo County, CA 27 km (17 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
San Francisco County, CA 47 km (29 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Francisco County
Marin County, CA 52 km (32 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Marin County
Alameda County, CA 52 km (33 mi) W of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Contra Costa County, CA 59 km (36 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Santa Cruz County, CA 82 km (51 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Santa Cruz County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 1km W of Kensington, CA
  2. 2.6 1km W of Kensington, CA
  3. 1.6 6km N of San Leandro, CA
  4. 1.6 1km SSE of San Ramon, CA
  5. 1.5 2km SW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
  6. 1.6 4km ENE of Burlingame, CA
  7. 1.6 1km SW of Alamo, CA
  8. 2.0 4km ENE of El Sobrante, CA
  9. 2.8 4km ENE of El Sobrante, CA
  10. 2.1 4km ENE of El Sobrante, CA
  11. 1.9 1km S of San Ramon, CA
  12. 1.6 4km SSW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
  13. 2.1 4km WSW of Alamo, CA
  14. 2.1 6km SSW of Moraga, CA
  15. 1.9 5km SW of Pacheco, 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 4.4 on 2018-01-04 — it released about 8,800 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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