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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

11 km SE of Livermore, CA

· 3.9 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Alameda County 20 kmContra Costa County 42 kmSanta Clara County 42 kmSan Joaquin County 52 kmStanislaus County 61 kmSan Mateo County 63 kmSanta Cruz County 71 kmSolano County 77 kmMerced County 97 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
3.9 km below the surface
Felt
1 report
Nearest
Alameda County, 20 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 248 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 5.4 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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.

Where

Epicentre 37.6032, -121.6950. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Alameda County, CA 20 km (12 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Contra Costa County, CA 42 km (26 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Santa Clara County, CA 42 km (26 mi) N of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County
San Joaquin County, CA 52 km (33 mi) SW of here earthquakes near San Joaquin County
Stanislaus County, CA 61 km (38 mi) W of here earthquakes near Stanislaus County
San Mateo County, CA 63 km (39 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 5 km SE of San Ramon, CA
  2. 2.5 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
  3. 2.5 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
  4. 2.2 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
  5. 1.6 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
  6. 2.2 4 km SE of San Ramon, CA
  7. 1.9 28 km WSW of Westley, CA
  8. 1.9 5 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
  9. 2.8 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
  10. 2.6 5 km SE of San Ramon, CA
  11. 2.8 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
  12. 2.5 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
  13. 2.2 4 km SE of San Ramon, CA
  14. 2.8 3 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
  15. 2.0 5 km SE 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 5.1 on 2022-10-25 — it released about 220,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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