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M 3.5mw
Earthquake near Brooktrails, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Brooktrails in the 24 hours to 11:49 pm PST (07:49 UTC). The last one was M 4.0, 38 km (23 mi) E, at 5:01 am PDT on 28 October 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 14 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Brooktrails
This page: a magnitude 3.5 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) north of Brooktrails, CA, at 9:20 am PDT on 25 March 2026 (16:20 UTC), 9.2 km deep. 42 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 15 km N of Brooktrails, CA
- When
- 9:20 am PDT on 25 March 2026 ()
- Where
- 15 km (9 mi) north of Brooktrails, CA · earthquakes near Brooktrails
- Magnitude
- M 3.5 (mw)
- Depth
- 9.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- 42 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Mendocino County, 17 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Maacama fault, 7 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 161 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 62 km (39 mi) from the epicentre. In Brooktrails, 15 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). 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.
Likely felt in: Brooktrails 15 km, intensity III · Laytonville 16 km, intensity III · Willits 18 km, intensity III · Covelo 26 km, intensity II · Fort Bragg 41 km, intensity II · Ukiah 49 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 2.5 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 68,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 3,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,100× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.5 about 2.5 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 5.2× more
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 2026-01-13 — about 26 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.9 9 km S of Leggett, California · 39 km NW 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 39.5755, -123.3603. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendocino County, CA | 17 km (11 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Lake County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Glenn County, CA | 82 km (51 mi) | E | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Colusa County, CA | 106 km (66 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Tehama County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Tehama County |
| Trinity County, CA | 121 km (75 mi) | N | earthquakes near Trinity County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 7 km E of Willits, CA
- 1.8 11 km SSE of Laytonville, CA
- 1.8 4 km ENE of Covelo, CA
- 1.6 4 km E of Covelo, CA
- 1.7 5 km ENE of Covelo, CA
- 1.7 4 km ENE of Covelo, CA
- 1.7 4 km ENE of Covelo, CA
- 1.8 4 km ENE of Covelo, CA
- 1.6 4 km ENE of Covelo, CA
- 2.3 4 km ENE of Covelo, CA
- 1.8 4 km ENE of Covelo, CA
- 3.2 4 km ENE of Covelo, CA
- 1.8 4 km ENE of Covelo, CA
- 1.6 4 km E of Covelo, CA
- 2.4 4 km E of Covelo, 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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