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M 2.8md
Earthquake near Bayview, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Bayview in the 24 hours to 11:49 pm PST (07:49 UTC). The last one was M 5.0, 125 km (78 mi) WSW, at 8:56 pm PST on 4 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 145 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Bayview
This page: a magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) west-northwest of Bayview, CA, at 12:10 pm PST on 20 December 2022 (20:10 UTC), 27 km deep.
USGS: 13km WNW of Bayview, CA
- When
- 12:10 pm PST on 20 December 2022 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) west-northwest of Bayview, CA · earthquakes near Bayview
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (md)
- Depth
- 27 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Humboldt County, 36 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Little Salmon fault, 9 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1352 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Bayview, 13 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Eureka, Humboldt Hill, Cutten, Myrtletown, Pine Hills, Arcata.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 6.4 on 2022-12-20 — about 250,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 26 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.2 The 1980 Eureka, California Earthquake · 34 km N of this epicentre
- 6.5 The 1932 Eureka, California Earthquake · 10 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.5 30 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 47 km SSW of this epicentre
- 6.5 The 2010 Eureka, California Earthquake · 36 km WSW of this epicentre
- 6.4 Northwest of Eureka, California · 25 km NW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 40.8147, -124.3280. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt County, CA | 36 km (22 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Humboldt County |
| Trinity County, CA | 104 km (65 mi) | E | earthquakes near Trinity County |
| Del Norte County, CA | 108 km (67 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Del Norte County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 4km SSE of Ferndale, CA
- 1.7 13km E of Hydesville, CA
- 2.6 13km NE of Hydesville, CA
- 2.1 12km ENE of Fortuna, CA
- 2.2 5km NNE of Hydesville, CA
- 2.3 7km SSW of Ferndale, CA
- 3.3 6km NNE of Hydesville, CA
- 2.5 5km W of Ferndale, CA
- 2.3 6km NNE of Hydesville, CA
- 2.5 4km SSW of Ferndale, CA
- 2.3 4km SE of Ferndale, CA
- 2.4 17km WSW of Ferndale, CA
- 2.3 15km WSW of Ferndale, CA
- 2.2 8km SW of Ferndale, CA
- 1.7 13km NE of Hydesville, 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.
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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