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M 3.6mw
Earthquake near Cloverdale, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Cloverdale in the last 24 hours. M 1.7, 7 km (4 mi) SE of Cloverdale, at 7:43 pm PST on 11 November 2026 (03:43 UTC); the estimated shaking in Cloverdale was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Cloverdale
This page: a magnitude 3.6 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) southwest of Cloverdale, CA, at 5:18 pm PST on 19 January 2023 (01:18 UTC), 6.3 km deep. 126 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 9km SW of Cloverdale, CA
48 km (30 mi) NW of Santa Rosa, CA · 123 km (76 mi) NNW of San Francisco, CA
- When
- 5:18 pm PST on 19 January 2023 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) southwest of Cloverdale, CA · earthquakes near Cloverdale
- Magnitude
- M 3.6 (mw)
- Depth
- 6.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- 126 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Sonoma County, 29 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Alexander-Redwood Hill fault, 10 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 1302 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 68 km (42 mi) from the epicentre. In Cloverdale, 9 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Cloverdale 9 km, intensity III · Healdsburg 25 km, intensity III · Windsor 33 km, intensity II · Cobb 33 km, intensity II · Lakeport 36 km, intensity II · Boonville 37 km, intensity II · Ukiah 45 km, intensity II · Clearlake 47 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 3.7 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 46,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.6 about 3.7 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 7.7× more
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 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 6 km ESE of Talmage, California · 41 km N 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 38.7512, -123.0948. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma County, CA | 29 km (18 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Lake County, CA | 50 km (31 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Napa County, CA | 72 km (45 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Mendocino County, CA | 81 km (51 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Marin County, CA | 84 km (52 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Colusa County, CA | 88 km (55 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Colusa 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.
- 1.7 2km NNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.9 6km W of Sea Ranch, CA
- 1.8 7km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 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
- 1.5 5km NNW of Boonville, 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
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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