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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

4 km NE of San Leandro, CA

· 11 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Alameda County 21 kmContra Costa County 24 kmSan Mateo County 43 kmSolano County 60 kmMarin County 64 kmSanta Clara County 70 kmSan Joaquin County 77 kmSan Francisco County 80 kmSanta Cruz County 82 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Alameda County, 21 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 113 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 37.7477, -122.1212. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Alameda County, CA 21 km (13 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Alameda County
Contra Costa County, CA 24 km (15 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Contra Costa County
San Mateo County, CA 43 km (27 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Mateo County
Solano County, CA 60 km (37 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Solano County
Marin County, CA 64 km (40 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Marin County
Santa Clara County, CA 70 km (43 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Santa Clara 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 1 km ENE of Hayward, CA
  2. 1.6 2 km WNW of Concord, CA
  3. 2.2 3 km NNE of San Leandro, CA
  4. 1.6 4 km NNE of San Leandro, CA
  5. 2.8 4 km N of San Leandro, CA
  6. 3.8 3 km N of San Leandro, CA
  7. 1.7 8 km WSW of Byron, CA
  8. 2.1 3 km NNE of San Leandro, CA
  9. 1.8 3 km SW of Clayton, CA
  10. 1.9 0 km SSW of Pleasant Hill, CA
  11. 2.0 2 km SSW of Alamo, CA
  12. 1.8 2 km SW of Alamo, CA
  13. 1.7 2 km ESE of Pacheco, CA
  14. 2.2 8 km NE of Alum Rock, CA
  15. 1.5 7 km E of Santa Venetia, 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 20,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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