Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6md
6km SSW of Suisun City, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- -0.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Solano County, 12 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1467 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 8.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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 38.1927, -122.0317. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solano County, CA | 12 km (7 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Solano County |
| Contra Costa County, CA | 31 km (19 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| Napa County, CA | 43 km (27 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Yolo County, CA | 55 km (34 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Yolo County |
| Alameda County, CA | 62 km (38 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| Marin County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Marin 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.
- 1.5 3km E of Oakland, CA
- 2.8 6km WNW of Allendale, CA
- 1.5 2km NNE of Pleasant Hill, CA
- 1.7 7km SSW of Antioch, CA
- 2.1 4km S of Pittsburg, CA
- 1.8 9km SSW of Brentwood, CA
- 1.9 2km SSE of Pacheco, CA
- 3.6 1km ENE of El Cerrito, CA
- 1.6 3km E of Oakland, CA
- 1.5 4km S of Pittsburg, CA
- 1.7 5km E of Vallejo, CA
- 1.6 3km NW of Byron, CA
- 1.5 9km ESE of Yountville, CA
- 1.7 14km E of Angwin, CA
- 1.7 5km NNE of Diablo, 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 18,000 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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