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M 4.3mw
Earthquake near Talmage, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Talmage in the last 24 hours. M 1.5, 3 km (2 mi) NE of Talmage, at 3:26 am PST on 12 November 2026 (11:26 UTC); the estimated shaking in Talmage was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Talmage
This page: a magnitude 4.3 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) southeast of Talmage, CA, at 8:44 pm PDT on 17 June 2023 (03:44 UTC), 11 km deep. 483 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 8km SE of Talmage, CA
79 km (49 mi) NNW of Santa Rosa, CA
- When
- 8:44 pm PDT on 17 June 2023 ()
- Where
- 8 km (5 mi) southeast of Talmage, CA · earthquakes near Talmage
- Magnitude
- M 4.3 (mw)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- 483 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Tsunami
- USGS flagged this event for tsunami evaluation. Follow tsunami.gov for official messages.
- Nearest
- Lake County, 30 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- Maacama fault, 6 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 1174 days ago
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This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 125 km (78 mi) from the epicentre. In Talmage, 8 km away, the estimate is intensity IV (light). 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: Ukiah 12 km, intensity IV · Lakeport 16 km, intensity IV · Upper Lake 18 km, intensity IV · Boonville 25 km, intensity III · Cloverdale 32 km, intensity III · Willits 42 km, intensity III · Clearlake 43 km, intensity III · Cobb 43 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 51 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 3,300× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 4.3 about 51 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 110× 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 5.1 on 2016-08-10 — about 13 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 · 3 km NNW 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 39.0893, -123.0895. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County, CA | 30 km (19 mi) | E | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Mendocino County, CA | 49 km (30 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Colusa County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | E | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Glenn County, CA | 82 km (51 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Napa County, CA | 93 km (58 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Napa 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.
- 2.1 11 km ESE of Talmage, CA
- 1.7 2 km WNW of Anderson Springs, CA
- 2.2 3 km ENE of The Geysers, CA
- 1.5 2 km WNW of Anderson Springs, CA
- 3.2 3 km ESE of The Geysers, CA
- 2.7 6 km W of Cobb, CA
- 2.0 7 km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 12 km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.6 7 km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.6 3 km SSE of The Geysers, CA
- 1.7 3 km SSE of The Geysers, CA
- 2.4 3 km SE of The Geysers, CA
- 2.1 6 km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.9 6 km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.5 6 km NW 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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