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M 1.5md

10km NW of Point Arena, CA

· 2.1 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mendocino County 57 kmSonoma County 89 kmLake County 89 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
2.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mendocino County, 57 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1774 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 5.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 38.9870, -123.7642. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mendocino County, CA 57 km (35 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mendocino County
Sonoma County, CA 89 km (55 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sonoma County
Lake County, CA 89 km (55 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lake County
Glenn County, CA 136 km (84 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Marin County, CA 137 km (85 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Marin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 12km NNE of Point Arena, CA
  2. 2.3 13km WNW of Redwood Valley, CA
  3. 1.8 32km WNW of Point Arena, CA
  4. 1.7 16km WNW of Boonville, CA
  5. 1.6 21km WNW of Ukiah, CA
  6. 1.6 12km W of Ukiah, CA
  7. 2.0 21km WNW of Ukiah, CA
  8. 1.8 21km NNW of Boonville, CA
  9. 1.8 20km SSW of Willits, CA
  10. 1.8 20km SSW of Willits, CA
  11. 1.5 8km NE of Boonville, CA
  12. 2.0 14km WSW of Willits, CA
  13. 1.8 18km SW of Willits, CA
  14. 1.9 18km SW of Willits, CA
  15. 1.6 7km NE of Mendocino, 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.

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