M1.7 earthquake 3km ESE of Berkeley, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3km ESE of Berkeley, CA on Sun, Sep 18, 2022, 1:41 PM PDT (20:41 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 15km ESE of Alum Rock, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-18 20:41:36 UTC
- Depth
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.859° N, 122.245° W
- Region
- California
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.1 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 28°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.96km SSE of Portola Valley, CA · 1477 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 1.82km SE of Pacheco, CA · 1477 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.66km SSW of Suisun City, CA · 1475 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.92km ENE of Berkeley, CA · 1473 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.012km NNE of Yountville, CA · 1471 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.24km W of San Francisco Zoo, CA · 1471 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 48
- 2.16km NW of Bay Point, CA · 1468 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 3.424km NE of Alum Rock, CA · 1468 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 73
- 1.82km WNW of Los Altos Hills, CA · 1468 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.824km SSE of Livermore, CA · 1465 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.110km ESE of Fremont, CA · 1465 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 2.33km E of Santa Rosa, CA · 1464 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 29
- 1.60km S of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1464 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.78km NNW of Angwin, CA · 1463 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.914km E of Angwin, CA · 1463 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.210km SE of Sunol, CA · 1461 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611km NE of Milpitas, CA · 1460 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.64km WSW of Colma, CA · 1458 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 425
- 1.74km WNW of Dublin, CA · 1456 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.12km NNE of San Leandro, CA · 1456 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 49
- 1.96km SSE of Portola Valley, CA · 1456 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.86km SSE of Portola Valley, CA · 1456 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.115km ENE of Seven Trees, CA · 1455 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.72km WNW of Concord, CA · 1454 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 1.52km W of Concord, CA · 1454 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.93km WNW of Concord, CA · 1454 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.89km NNE of Alum Rock, CA · 1453 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.82km NNW of Oakland, CA · 1453 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.06km WNW of Davis, CA · 1452 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.07km WNW of Davis, CA · 1452 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.52km S of Dublin, CA · 1452 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.71km NE of Diablo, CA · 1452 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.510km NNE of Milpitas, CA · 1451 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.215km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1451 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.814km NNE of Angwin, CA · 1447 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.65km NNE of Pleasanton, CA · 1447 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.63km SSW of Monte Sereno, CA · 1447 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.510km E of Alum Rock, CA · 1446 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 12
- 2.67km SSW of Muir Beach, CA · 1444 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 79
- 1.76km NNW of Lafayette, CA · 1444 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 2.111km WNW of Calistoga, CA · 1442 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 1.711km WNW of Calistoga, CA · 1442 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.310km NW of Westley, CA · 1442 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.514km WSW of Portola Valley, CA · 1442 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.115km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 1441 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 24,205
- 2.915km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1441 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 474
- 2.211km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 1441 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 108
- 1.515km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1441 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 39
- 2.416km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1441 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 10
- 3.515km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1441 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 372
- 1.79km NW of Grayson, CA · 1440 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.015km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1440 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 14
- 1.615km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1440 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.714km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 1440 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 55
- 1.515km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1440 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.116km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1440 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
- 2.315km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1439 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.515km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1439 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.76km SSE of Portola Valley, CA · 1437 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.96km SSE of Portola Valley, CA · 1437 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 108.
Before
- 1.77km SSE of Portola Valley, CA · 1478 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.86km SSE of Portola Valley, CA · 1478 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.03km ESE of Berkeley, CA · 1478 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 7
- 1.910km E of Alum Rock, CA · 1480 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.43km ESE of Berkeley, CA · 1481 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 49
- 2.93km ESE of Berkeley, CA · 1481 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1,045
- 2.74km E of Sonoma, CA · 1482 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 103
- 1.59km SW of Point Reyes, CA · 1482 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.54km SE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1482 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 146
- 4.34km N of Santa Rosa, CA · 1482 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 277
- 4.43km N of Santa Rosa, CA · 1482 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6,902 · tsunami flag
- 2.06km SSE of Portola Valley, CA · 1484 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.92km N of Piedmont, CA · 1484 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5,040
- 1.93km ESE of Berkeley, CA · 1486 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.615km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1487 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.93km WSW of Cupertino, CA · 1488 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 1.92km SSE of Angwin, CA · 1488 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.728km ENE of Alum Rock, CA · 1489 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.89km ENE of Morgan Hill, CA · 1490 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.414km ESE of Alum Rock, CA · 1491 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 342
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73783261. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:47 AM UTC.