Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.2md
Earthquake near American Canyon, CA
USGS: 5 km NW of American Canyon, California
11 km (7 mi) S of Napa, CA · 48 km (30 mi) NNE of San Francisco, CA
- When
- 10:21 am PDT on 6 July 2016 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) NW of American Canyon, CA · earthquakes near American Canyon
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (md)
- Depth
- 8.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Solano County, 33 km ENE
- Nearest mapped fault
- West Napa fault, 2 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 3521 days ago
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) NW of American Canyon, CA, at 10:21 am PDT on 6 July 2016 (17:21 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Napa, Vallejo, Green Valley, Sonoma, Temelec, Crockett.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 62 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 240,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 62 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.0 The 2014 South Napa, California Earthquake · 1 km N of this epicentre
- 5.4 South of Elmira, California · 37 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.3 3 km E of Bloomfield, California · 45 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.3 Northern California · 47 km WNW 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 38.2028, -122.3100. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solano County, CA | 33 km (21 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Solano County |
| Napa County, CA | 34 km (21 mi) | N | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Marin County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Contra Costa County, CA | 44 km (28 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| Yolo County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Yolo County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 65 km (40 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
47 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 5 km WSW of Moskowite Corner, California
- 1.5 2 km N of Piedmont, California
- 2.1 4 km NE of Inverness, California
- 1.6 1 km ESE of Pacheco, California
- 1.5 5 km E of Alameda, California
- 1.5 5 km ENE of Chinatown, California
- 2.1 9 km SSW of Calistoga, California
- 1.8 6 km ENE of Santa Rosa, California
- 1.6 5 km ESE of Piedmont, California
- 1.6 1 km N of Pacheco, California
- 2.2 0 km NE of North Gate, California
- 1.7 3 km WNW of Orinda, California
- 2.0 6 km ENE of Penngrove, California
- 1.6 1 km NE of El Cerrito, California
- 1.7 5 km E of Alameda, California
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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