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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

3km ENE of San Leandro, CA

· 6.2 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Alameda County 21 kmContra Costa County 26 kmSan Mateo County 42 kmSolano County 62 kmMarin County 65 kmSanta Clara County 68 kmSan Joaquin County 78 kmSan Francisco County 80 kmSanta Cruz County 81 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Alameda County, 21 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1681 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 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 930,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 660,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 59× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 37.7323, -122.1195. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Alameda County, CA 21 km (13 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Contra Costa County, CA 26 km (16 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
San Mateo County, CA 42 km (26 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Solano County, CA 62 km (38 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Solano County
Marin County, CA 65 km (41 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Marin County
Santa Clara County, CA 68 km (42 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 4km SSE of Highlands-Baywood Park, CA
  2. 1.9 2km N of Castro Valley, CA
  3. 1.6 8km ENE of Vallejo, CA
  4. 1.8 11km NE of Milpitas, CA
  5. 2.4 8km SW of Brentwood, CA
  6. 1.8 5km E of Vallejo, CA
  7. 2.5 8km NE of Alum Rock, CA
  8. 2.3 10km SW of Brentwood, CA
  9. 1.6 10km ENE of Blackhawk, CA
  10. 1.8 3km S of Pittsburg, CA
  11. 1.9 5km ESE of Moraga, CA
  12. 2.7 4km S of Pittsburg, CA
  13. 1.9 6km SW of Clayton, CA
  14. 1.6 4km SW of San Ramon, CA
  15. 1.6 4km SW of San Ramon, 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 9,100 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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