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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

6km NW of Bay Point, CA

· 17 km deep · released about 37 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Contra Costa County 17 kmSolano County 22 kmAlameda County 48 kmNapa County 56 kmSan Joaquin County 65 kmMarin County 65 kmYolo County 68 kmSacramento County 71 kmSan Mateo County 80 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Contra Costa County, 17 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1460 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 37 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 410,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 290,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 26× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 37 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 38.0705, -121.9992. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Contra Costa County, CA 17 km (11 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Solano County, CA 22 km (14 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Solano County
Alameda County, CA 48 km (30 mi) N of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Napa County, CA 56 km (35 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Napa County
San Joaquin County, CA 65 km (41 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near San Joaquin County
Marin County, CA 65 km (41 mi) E of here earthquakes near Marin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 2km NE of Hayward, CA
  2. 2.1 2km NNE of Hayward, CA
  3. 2.9 2km NNE of San Leandro, CA
  4. 1.9 2km SSE of Pacheco, CA
  5. 3.6 1km ENE of El Cerrito, CA
  6. 1.6 3km E of Oakland, CA
  7. 1.5 4km S of Pittsburg, CA
  8. 1.7 5km E of Vallejo, CA
  9. 1.6 3km NW of Byron, CA
  10. 1.5 9km ESE of Yountville, CA
  11. 1.7 5km NNE of Diablo, CA
  12. 2.9 5km NNE of Diablo, CA
  13. 1.7 3km NW of Diablo, CA
  14. 2.1 2km E of Berkeley, CA
  15. 1.7 5km WNW of Dublin, 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 4,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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