Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.4md
9km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (md)
- Depth
- -0.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 5 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Santa Clara County, 13 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1629 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 86,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.7× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 37.1603, -121.5587. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara County, CA | 13 km (8 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Santa Clara County |
| Santa Cruz County, CA | 43 km (27 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Santa Cruz County |
| Alameda County, CA | 63 km (39 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| Stanislaus County, CA | 66 km (41 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Stanislaus County |
| San Benito County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near San Benito County |
| Merced County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Merced County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 4km SSW of San Juan Bautista, CA
- 1.6 10km NE of San Martin, CA
- 2.0 8km NNE of Day Valley, CA
- 1.5 9km NNE of Alum Rock, CA
- 1.5 3km E of Aromas, CA
- 2.0 15km N of Morgan Hill, CA
- 1.7 12km ESE of Gilroy, CA
- 1.8 8km NE of Alum Rock, CA
- 1.6 9km NE of Alum Rock, CA
- 1.7 8km NE of Alum Rock, CA
- 1.8 8km NE of Alum Rock, CA
- 3.3 10km NE of Morgan Hill, CA
- 2.0 8km ENE of Alum Rock, CA
- 1.5 15km N of Morgan Hill, CA
- 1.7 2km ENE of Aromas, 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 4.2 on 2021-01-17 — it released about 480 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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