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M 1.7md
Earthquake near Ukiah, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Ukiah in the last 24 hours. M 1.5, 5 km (3 mi) E of Ukiah, at 3:26 am PST on 12 November 2026 (11:26 UTC); the estimated shaking in Ukiah was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Ukiah
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 46 km (29 mi) southwest of Ukiah, CA, at 2:13 am PDT on 16 September 2021 (09:13 UTC), 3.9 km deep.
USGS: 12km SE of Point Arena, CA
88 km (55 mi) WNW of Santa Rosa, CA
- When
- 2:13 am PDT on 16 September 2021 ()
- Where
- 46 km (29 mi) southwest of Ukiah, CA · earthquakes near Ukiah
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 3.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mendocino County, 66 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas fault, 4 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 1878 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 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Ukiah, 46 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Sea Ranch, Boonville.
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 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2020-12-06 — about 11,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 38.8532, -123.5812. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendocino County, CA | 66 km (41 mi) | N | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Lake County, CA | 78 km (48 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Marin County, CA | 115 km (71 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Napa County, CA | 116 km (72 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Colusa County, CA | 122 km (76 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Colusa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
45 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 15km WSW of Lakeport, CA
- 1.8 32km WNW of Point Arena, CA
- 1.8 9km SE of Talmage, CA
- 1.7 16km WNW of Boonville, CA
- 1.6 21km WNW of Ukiah, CA
- 1.6 12km W of Ukiah, CA
- 2.0 21km WNW of Ukiah, CA
- 1.6 15km NNW of Cloverdale, CA
- 1.6 16km NNW of Cloverdale, CA
- 1.8 21km NNW of Boonville, CA
- 1.8 20km SSW of Willits, CA
- 1.8 20km SSW of Willits, CA
- 1.5 8km NE of Boonville, CA
- 1.9 14km S of Talmage, CA
- 1.8 18km SW of Willits, 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
- 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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