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M 1.7md
Earthquake near Pacheco, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Pacheco in the 24 hours to 6:16 am PST (14:16 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 5 km (3 mi) S, at 4:05 am PST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Pacheco
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) east-southeast of Pacheco, CA, at 5:03 pm PDT on 10 September 2021 (00:03 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: 3km ESE of Pacheco, CA
in Concord, CA
- When
- 5:03 pm PDT on 10 September 2021 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) east-southeast of Pacheco, CA · earthquakes near Pacheco
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Contra Costa County, 10 km SE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Concord fault, under 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1883 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Pacheco, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Concord in town, intensity II · Pacheco 3 km, intensity II · Pleasant Hill 3 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 12 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 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.5 on 2019-10-15 — about 12,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.0 The 2014 South Napa, California Earthquake · 36 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.8 The 1980 Livermore, California Earthquake · 29 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.4 South of Elmira, California · 39 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.4 9 km NE of Livermore, California · 39 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.1 11 km E of Blackhawk, California · 30 km SE of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 37.9722, -122.0473. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contra Costa County, CA | 10 km (6 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| Solano County, CA | 34 km (21 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Solano County |
| Alameda County, CA | 38 km (24 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| Marin County, CA | 62 km (38 mi) | W | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Napa County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Napa County |
| San Joaquin County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | E | earthquakes near San Joaquin 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.
- 2.0 1km NE of San Ramon, CA
- 2.0 1km NE of San Ramon, CA
- 1.5 2km NE of San Ramon, CA
- 3.0 1km NE of San Ramon, CA
- 1.7 1km NE of San Ramon, CA
- 2.3 1km NE of San Ramon, CA
- 2.1 1km NNE of San Ramon, CA
- 2.5 1km NE of San Ramon, CA
- 3.2 2km NE of San Ramon, CA
- 3.9 1km NE of San Ramon, CA
- 1.7 10km NE of Napa, CA
- 1.8 8km WSW of Mountain House, CA
- 2.0 5km E of Fremont, CA
- 2.3 1km W of Kensington, CA
- 2.6 1km W of Kensington, 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.
On USGS
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