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M 1.6md
Earthquake near Calistoga, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Calistoga in the 24 hours to 2:44 am PST (10:44 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 33 km (21 mi) NW, at 11:06 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Calistoga
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) southwest of Calistoga, CA, at 8:36 pm PST on 17 January 2023 (04:36 UTC), 6.9 km deep.
USGS: 9km SW of Calistoga, CA
10 km (6 mi) NNE of Santa Rosa, CA
- When
- 8:36 pm PST on 17 January 2023 ()
- Where
- 9 km (5 mi) southwest of Calistoga, CA · earthquakes near Calistoga
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 6.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Sonoma County, 24 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Maacama fault, under 1 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 1393 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Calistoga, 9 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.
Likely felt in: Calistoga 9 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 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 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× 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 7.6 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 5.0 on 2016-12-14 — about 130,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.0 The 2014 South Napa, California Earthquake · 45 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.3 3 km E of Bloomfield, California · 27 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.3 Northern California · 27 km SW 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 38.5243, -122.6513. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma County, CA | 24 km (15 mi) | W | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Napa County, CA | 28 km (18 mi) | E | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Marin County, CA | 53 km (33 mi) | S | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Lake County, CA | 65 km (41 mi) | N | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Yolo County, CA | 67 km (42 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Yolo County |
| Solano County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Solano County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 7km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.2 10km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 10km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.3 10km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.6 10km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.6 10km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.2 1km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.5 4km NNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.7 0km NW of Anderson Springs, CA
- 1.5 2km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.5 2km NE of The Geysers, CA
- 1.9 11km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA
- 1.7 10km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.6 10km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 2km ESE 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.
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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