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M 1.6md
Earthquake near Ukiah, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Ukiah in the last 24 hours. M 1.5, 5 km (3 mi) E of Ukiah, at 3:26 am PST on 12 November 2026 (11:26 UTC); the estimated shaking in Ukiah was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Ukiah
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 34 km (21 mi) west of Ukiah, CA, at 12:49 pm PST on 11 December 2023 (20:49 UTC), 5.4 km deep.
USGS: 15 km ESE of Navarro Head, CA
- When
- 12:49 pm PST on 11 December 2023 ()
- Where
- 34 km (21 mi) west of Ukiah, CA · earthquakes near Ukiah
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 5.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mendocino County, 33 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- San Andreas fault, 15 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 1067 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Ukiah, 34 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Boonville.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2020-12-06 — about 18,000 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 · 43 km E 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 39.1603, -123.5968. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendocino County, CA | 33 km (21 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Lake County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | E | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 91 km (57 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Glenn County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Colusa County, CA | 117 km (73 mi) | E | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Napa County, CA | 132 km (82 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Napa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 4 km W of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.9 6 km SE of Point Arena, CA
- 1.8 12 km N of Brooktrails, CA
- 1.7 18 km WSW of Lakeport, CA
- 1.7 11 km NE of Talmage, CA
- 1.6 2 km SSW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.8 6 km SW of Boonville, CA
- 1.6 16 km ESE of Navarro Head, CA
- 1.6 5 km E of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.6 4 km NW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.8 14 km NW of Brooktrails, CA
- 1.6 8 km ENE of Brooktrails, CA
- 1.5 5 km SE of Redwood Valley, CA
- 2.6 11 km N of Brooktrails, CA
- 2.2 10 km NNW of Redwood Valley, 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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