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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

7km ESE of Bethel Island, CA

· 8.9 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Joaquin County 27 kmContra Costa County 34 kmSolano County 45 kmAlameda County 48 kmSacramento County 56 kmStanislaus County 69 kmYolo County 82 kmSanta Clara County 85 kmNapa County 88 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
8.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Joaquin County, 27 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1762 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 730,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 520,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 46× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 37.9840, -121.5765. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Joaquin County, CA 27 km (17 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near San Joaquin County
Contra Costa County, CA 34 km (21 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Solano County, CA 45 km (28 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Solano County
Alameda County, CA 48 km (30 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Sacramento County, CA 56 km (35 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sacramento County
Stanislaus County, CA 69 km (43 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Stanislaus 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. 1.8 3km NNE of San Ramon, CA
  2. 1.7 3km S of Diablo, CA
  3. 2.4 8km SW of Brentwood, CA
  4. 2.3 10km SW of Brentwood, CA
  5. 1.6 10km ENE of Blackhawk, CA
  6. 1.8 3km S of Pittsburg, CA
  7. 1.9 5km ESE of Moraga, CA
  8. 2.7 4km S of Pittsburg, CA
  9. 1.9 6km SW of Clayton, CA
  10. 1.6 4km SW of San Ramon, CA
  11. 1.6 4km SW of San Ramon, CA
  12. 1.6 2km E of Pleasant Hill, CA
  13. 1.7 10km ESE of Clayton, CA
  14. 2.0 9km NE of Blackhawk, CA
  15. 2.0 2km E 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 4.5 on 2019-10-15 — it released about 7,200 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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