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M 1.6md

15 km SSW of Bonny Doon, CA

· 7.5 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Santa Cruz County 19 kmSanta Clara County 56 kmSan Mateo County 58 kmAlameda County 85 kmSan Benito County 103 kmMonterey County 108 kmContra Costa County 114 kmSan Francisco County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
7.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Santa Cruz County, 19 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 897 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 8.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 36.9123, -122.1832. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Santa Cruz County, CA 19 km (12 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Santa Cruz County
Santa Clara County, CA 56 km (35 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County
San Mateo County, CA 58 km (36 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Alameda County, CA 85 km (53 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
San Benito County, CA 103 km (64 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near San Benito County
Monterey County, CA 108 km (67 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Monterey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.9 1 km E of Aromas, CA
  2. 1.9 1 km NNE of Aromas, CA
  3. 1.5 10 km of Boulder Creek, CA
  4. 1.8 3 km NNW of Aromas, CA
  5. 1.9 14 km SSW of Bonny Doon, CA
  6. 1.5 11 km of Boulder Creek, CA
  7. 2.4 11 km of Boulder Creek, CA
  8. 1.8 14 km SSW of Bonny Doon, CA
  9. 2.1 3 km NNE of Corralitos, CA
  10. 1.9 9 km SW of Morgan Hill, CA
  11. 2.1 7 km SSE of Seven Trees, CA
  12. 1.6 1 km NE of Aromas, CA
  13. 1.6 6 km SSW of Loyola, CA
  14. 2.1 3 km of Aromas, CA
  15. 1.6 3 km N of Aromas, 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.

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