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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

5 km S of Pittsburg, CA

· 18 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Contra Costa County 9 kmSolano County 32 kmAlameda County 37 kmSan Joaquin County 54 kmNapa County 70 kmSacramento County 70 kmMarin County 76 kmSan Mateo County 76 kmYolo County 78 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 1.8 (md)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Contra Costa County, 9 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 123 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 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 930,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 660,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 59× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 37.9798, -121.8827. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Contra Costa County, CA 9 km (6 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
Solano County, CA 32 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Solano County
Alameda County, CA 37 km (23 mi) N of here earthquakes near Alameda County
San Joaquin County, CA 54 km (33 mi) W of here earthquakes near San Joaquin County
Napa County, CA 70 km (44 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Napa County
Sacramento County, CA 70 km (44 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sacramento 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 3 km ESE of Hayward, CA
  2. 1.9 1 km WNW of Lafayette, CA
  3. 1.7 5 km ENE of Vallejo, CA
  4. 2.3 5 km SSW of Alameda, CA
  5. 1.7 2 km SSW of Clayton, CA
  6. 2.5 2 km SE of Concord, CA
  7. 1.6 1 km ENE of Hayward, CA
  8. 1.6 2 km WNW of Concord, CA
  9. 2.2 3 km NNE of San Leandro, CA
  10. 1.6 4 km NNE of San Leandro, CA
  11. 2.8 4 km N of San Leandro, CA
  12. 3.8 3 km N of San Leandro, CA
  13. 1.7 8 km WSW of Byron, CA
  14. 2.1 3 km NNE of San Leandro, CA
  15. 1.8 3 km SW of Clayton, 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 9,100 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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