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M 1.7md
Earthquake near Redwood Valley, CA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Redwood Valley in the last 24 hours. M 1.5, 7 km (5 mi) SE of Redwood Valley, at 12:31 pm PST on 11 November 2026 (20:31 UTC); the estimated shaking in Redwood Valley was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Redwood Valley
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) east-southeast of Redwood Valley, CA, at 1:41 am PDT on 5 August 2026 (08:41 UTC), 6.5 km deep.
USGS: 9 km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA
95 km (59 mi) NNW of Santa Rosa, CA
- When
- 1:41 am PDT on 5 August 2026 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) east-southeast of Redwood Valley, CA · earthquakes near Redwood Valley
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- 6.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lake County, 34 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Maacama fault, 9 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 87 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Redwood Valley, 9 km away, the estimate is intensity II (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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Talmage, Ukiah, Upper Lake, North Lakeport, Nice, Lakeport.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 10 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.6 on 2026-06-24 — about 730,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 6 km ESE of Talmage, California · 14 km S 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 39.2423, -123.1015. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County, CA | 34 km (21 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Mendocino County, CA | 36 km (22 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
| Glenn County, CA | 72 km (45 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Glenn County |
| Colusa County, CA | 75 km (46 mi) | E | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 81 km (50 mi) | S | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Napa County, CA | 106 km (66 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Napa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
22 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 10 km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 2.6 10 km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.5 18 km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.7 8 km NW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.8 19 km NE of Upper Lake, CA
- 1.5 11 km N of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.8 8 km NW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.7 9 km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA
- 1.6 8 km NW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.7 12 km ESE of Willits, CA
- 1.7 8 km NW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.9 8 km NW of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.7 9 km N of Redwood Valley, CA
- 1.7 10 km WNW of Cobb, CA
- 1.5 12 km WNW of Cobb, 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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