Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 3.0md
8 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA
42 km (26 mi) NNW of Santa Rosa, CA · 120 km (74 mi) NNW of San Francisco, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (md)
- Depth
- 4.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 10 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Sonoma County, 28 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- Maacama fault, 4 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 56 minutes ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 10 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 920 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 370,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 920 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 5.0 on 2016-12-14 — about 1,100 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 · 40 km NNW 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 38.7782, -122.9332. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma County, CA | 28 km (17 mi) | S | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Lake County, CA | 40 km (25 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Napa County, CA | 61 km (38 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Colusa County, CA | 75 km (46 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Marin County, CA | 82 km (51 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Mendocino County, CA | 85 km (53 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Mendocino County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
3 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| felt reports | 9 | 10 | |
| felt reports | 8 | 9 | |
| felt reports | 7 | 8 | |
| felt reports | 6 | 7 | |
| reported intensity | 2.2 | 3.1 | |
| felt reports | 3 | 6 | |
| reported intensity | not reported | 2.2 | |
| felt reports | not reported | 3 |
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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.