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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7md

2km N of San Leandro, CA

· 5.0 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Alameda County 24 kmContra Costa County 26 kmSan Mateo County 41 kmSolano County 61 kmMarin County 62 kmSanta Clara County 71 kmSan Francisco County 77 kmSan Joaquin County 80 kmSanta Cruz County 82 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Alameda County, 24 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1340 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 37.7435, -122.1543. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Alameda County, CA 24 km (15 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Contra Costa County, CA 26 km (16 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
San Mateo County, CA 41 km (26 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Solano County, CA 61 km (38 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Solano County
Marin County, CA 62 km (39 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Marin County
Santa Clara County, CA 71 km (44 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 9km ESE of Clayton, CA
  2. 3.6 9km ESE of Clayton, CA
  3. 1.8 5km S of Concord, CA
  4. 1.8 10km NE of Milpitas, CA
  5. 1.6 4km WSW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
  6. 1.7 3km WNW of Crockett, CA
  7. 1.5 9km ESE of Clayton, CA
  8. 1.9 3km NW of Pittsburg, CA
  9. 2.2 3km NNE of San Leandro, CA
  10. 3.0 3km NNE of San Leandro, CA
  11. 2.7 3km NNE of San Leandro, CA
  12. 3.0 3km NNE of San Leandro, CA
  13. 1.6 4km SW of San Bruno, CA
  14. 2.2 4km SW of San Bruno, CA
  15. 2.3 1km ENE of Pacifica, 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 12,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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