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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2md

8 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA

· 5.5 km deep · released about 67 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sonoma County 28 kmLake County 40 kmNapa County 61 kmColusa County 75 kmMarin County 83 kmMendocino County 85 kmYolo County 90 kmGlenn County 102 kmSolano County 104 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
5.5 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Sonoma County, 28 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 50 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 67 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 160,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 14× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 67 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 38.7792, -122.9333. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sonoma County, CA 28 km (18 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sonoma County
Lake County, CA 40 km (25 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lake County
Napa County, CA 61 km (38 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Napa County
Colusa County, CA 75 km (46 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Colusa County
Marin County, CA 83 km (51 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Marin County
Mendocino County, CA 85 km (53 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Mendocino County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 7 km NW of The Geysers, CA
  2. 2.8 7 km NW of The Geysers, CA
  3. 3.0 7 km NW of The Geysers, CA
  4. 2.4 6 km NW of The Geysers, CA
  5. 1.7 10 km WNW of Cobb, CA
  6. 2.6 2 km W of The Geysers, CA
  7. 1.5 7 km NW of The Geysers, CA
  8. 1.9 8 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA
  9. 2.1 7 km W of Kenwood, CA
  10. 1.5 12 km WNW of Cobb, CA
  11. 1.9 7 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA
  12. 1.7 9 km NNE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA
  13. 1.6 7 km WNW of Cobb, CA
  14. 1.8 9 km WNW of Cobb, CA
  15. 1.5 1 km NNW of The Geysers, 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 5.0 on 2016-12-14 — it released about 15,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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