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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

4 km NNE of Fairview, CA

· 5.0 km deep · released about 51 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Alameda County 13 kmContra Costa County 24 kmSan Mateo County 44 kmSanta Clara County 62 kmSolano County 63 kmSan Joaquin County 72 kmMarin County 73 kmSanta Cruz County 78 kmSan Francisco County 88 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
21 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Alameda County, 13 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1122 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 21 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 51 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 210,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 51 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 37.7097, -122.0365. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Alameda County, CA 13 km (8 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Contra Costa County, CA 24 km (15 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
San Mateo County, CA 44 km (27 mi) NE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Santa Clara County, CA 62 km (39 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County
Solano County, CA 63 km (39 mi) S of here earthquakes near Solano County
San Joaquin County, CA 72 km (45 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near San Joaquin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.7 2 km NNE of Millbrae, CA
  2. 1.6 5 km E of Vallejo, CA
  3. 1.8 2 km ENE of Berkeley, CA
  4. 2.5 2 km ENE of Berkeley, CA
  5. 2.1 2 km E of Pacheco, CA
  6. 1.6 6 km E of Fremont, CA
  7. 2.6 8 km ENE of Alum Rock, CA
  8. 2.1 1 km E of Pinole, CA
  9. 1.6 6 km ESE of Santa Venetia, CA
  10. 1.8 2 km NNE of Millbrae, CA
  11. 1.9 24 km ENE of Alum Rock, CA
  12. 1.6 3 km SW of San Ramon, CA
  13. 2.4 8 km E of Fremont, CA
  14. 2.0 1 km E of Pacheco, CA
  15. 2.0 2 km N of San Ramon, 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 2,900 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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