Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7md
13km SE of Laytonville, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 7.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mendocino County, 19 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1728 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 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 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× 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.
Where
Epicentre 39.5973, -123.3855. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendocino County, CA | 19 km (12 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Lake County, CA | 77 km (48 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Glenn County, CA | 84 km (52 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Colusa County, CA | 109 km (68 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Tehama County, CA | 115 km (71 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Trinity County, CA | 119 km (74 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Trinity County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 18km SW of Willits, CA
- 1.9 13km WNW of Alder Springs, CA
- 1.8 14km NE of Willits, CA
- 1.9 20km NE of Brooktrails, CA
- 1.7 6km E of Willits, CA
- 2.2 20km NE of Covelo, CA
- 2.1 5km E of Covelo, CA
- 1.7 9km W of Covelo, CA
- 1.9 6km E of Covelo, CA
- 1.9 2km W of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.6 7km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.8 5km NW of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 2.0 23km NW of Alder Springs, CA
- 2.3 5km E of Covelo, CA
- 1.7 5km E of Covelo, 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 4.3 on 2019-04-29 — it released about 7,700 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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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