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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

10 km SSW of Brentwood, CA

· 21 km deep · released about 31 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Contra Costa County 18 kmAlameda County 25 kmSan Joaquin County 45 kmSolano County 49 kmSanta Clara County 70 kmSan Mateo County 71 kmStanislaus County 75 kmSacramento County 77 kmNapa County 88 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
21 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Contra Costa County, 18 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 145 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 31 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 31 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 37.8463, -121.7712. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Contra Costa County, CA 18 km (11 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Alameda County, CA 25 km (16 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Alameda County
San Joaquin County, CA 45 km (28 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near San Joaquin County
Solano County, CA 49 km (30 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Solano County
Santa Clara County, CA 70 km (43 mi) N of here earthquakes near Santa Clara County
San Mateo County, CA 71 km (44 mi) NE 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

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

  1. 1.9 0 km SSW of Pleasant Hill, CA
  2. 2.0 2 km SSW of Alamo, CA
  3. 1.8 2 km SW of Alamo, CA
  4. 1.7 2 km ESE of Pacheco, CA
  5. 2.2 8 km NE of Alum Rock, CA
  6. 1.9 2 km SE of Oakland, CA
  7. 2.0 2 km ENE of Berkeley, CA
  8. 2.6 2 km NNE of San Leandro, CA
  9. 1.5 3 km SW of Clayton, CA
  10. 1.9 2 km ESE of Pacheco, CA
  11. 1.8 4 km S of Pittsburg, CA
  12. 1.8 2 km SW of Alamo, CA
  13. 1.9 6 km NE of Alamo, CA
  14. 2.0 12 km SE of Sunol, CA
  15. 2.0 2 km ENE of Hayward, 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 4.5 on 2019-10-15 — it released about 4,700 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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