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M 2.2md

14 km NNE of Fort Bragg, CA

· -0.6 km deep · released about 64 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mendocino County 33 kmLake County 103 kmGlenn County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
-0.6 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Mendocino County, 33 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 661 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 64 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 64 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 39.5660, -123.7805. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mendocino County, CA 33 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Mendocino County
Lake County, CA 103 km (64 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Glenn County, CA 118 km (73 mi) W of here earthquakes near Glenn County
Sonoma County, CA 137 km (85 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sonoma 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. 1.5 15 km SW of Willits, CA
  2. 1.7 7 km WNW of Laytonville, CA
  3. 2.0 6 km WNW of Laytonville, CA
  4. 2.1 7 km WNW of Laytonville, CA
  5. 1.7 20 km ENE of Rockport, CA
  6. 2.0 20 km ENE of Rockport, CA
  7. 2.2 19 km ENE of Rockport, CA
  8. 2.3 16 km SW of Laytonville, CA
  9. 1.8 28 km N of Laytonville, CA
  10. 1.7 5 km NNE of Laytonville, CA
  11. 1.8 16 km ENE of Rockport, CA
  12. 1.9 15 km SSE of Laytonville, CA
  13. 1.9 13 km SSE of Laytonville, CA
  14. 1.6 13 km SSE of Laytonville, CA
  15. 1.9 13 km SSE of Cape Vizcaino, 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 4.3 on 2024-06-22 — it released about 1,500 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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