Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6md
5km NNE of Pleasanton, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Alameda County, 8 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1436 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 7.1 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 37.7082, -121.8557. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda County, CA | 8 km (5 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| Contra Costa County, CA | 25 km (16 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| San Mateo County, CA | 56 km (35 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near San Mateo County |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 56 km (35 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Santa Clara County |
| San Joaquin County, CA | 57 km (35 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near San Joaquin County |
| Solano County, CA | 63 km (39 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Solano County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 16km E of Seven Trees, CA
- 2.9 15km E of Seven Trees, CA
- 1.9 7km ESE of Pleasanton, CA
- 1.5 9km NNE of Milpitas, CA
- 2.4 5km NNE of Diablo, CA
- 1.9 4km ENE of San Ramon, CA
- 1.7 3km SW of El Cerrito, CA
- 2.7 2km SSW of Alamo, CA
- 1.6 2km W of Walnut Creek, CA
- 1.7 11km N of Bay Point, CA
- 2.0 10km NNE of Bay Point, CA
- 1.6 3km ESE of Berkeley, CA
- 1.6 6km ESE of Pleasanton, CA
- 1.5 3km N of Piedmont, CA
- 1.8 7km SE of Pleasanton, 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 21,000 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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