Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7md
5km SE of Point Reyes Station, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Marin County, 2 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1324 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 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
- 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 38.0415, -122.7683. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marin County, CA | 2 km (1 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Marin County |
| San Francisco County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near San Francisco County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 56 km (34 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Napa County, CA | 65 km (40 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Contra Costa County, CA | 73 km (45 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| Solano County, CA | 77 km (48 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Solano County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
37 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 4 km W of Glen Ellen, CA
- 1.8 3 km WNW of Boyes Hot Springs, CA
- 1.8 10 km ESE of Black Point-Green Point, CA
- 1.6 8 km SW of Napa, CA
- 2.3 7 km SW of Napa, CA
- 1.7 4 km W of San Francisco Zoo, CA
- 1.5 6 km ESE of Santa Venetia, CA
- 2.2 3 km N of Vallejo, CA
- 1.6 4km WNW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
- 1.6 7km S of Muir Beach, CA
- 1.8 1km W of Dillon Beach, CA
- 2.1 1km WNW of Kensington, CA
- 1.7 2km ENE of Berkeley, CA
- 2.0 7km E of Penngrove, CA
- 2.2 5km WSW of San Francisco Zoo, 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 4.4 on 2022-09-14 — it released about 9,800 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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.