Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.7md
6km NW of The Geysers, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.7 (md)
- Depth
- 4.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lake County, 33 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1608 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 350 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 43,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 31,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.7× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.7 about 350 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 38.8137, -122.8003. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County, CA | 33 km (21 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 34 km (21 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Napa County, CA | 53 km (33 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Colusa County, CA | 63 km (39 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Yolo County, CA | 79 km (49 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Yolo County |
| Marin County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Marin County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 16km NE of Upper Lake, CA
- 1.6 2km NNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.9 4km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.5 6km NNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 7km W of Cobb, CA
- 1.6 6km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 6km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.5 9km WNW of Cobb, CA
- 1.5 5km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.6 5km ENE of Upper Lake, CA
- 1.7 2km NE of The Geysers, CA
- 1.9 3km SW of Anderson Springs, CA
- 1.6 3km SW of Anderson Springs, CA
- 2.0 7km NW of The Geysers, 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 5.0 on 2016-12-14 — it released about 2,800 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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