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M 2.9md
Earthquake near Angwin, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Angwin in the 24 hours to 5:58 am PST (13:58 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, in Angwin, at 11:57 pm PDT on 10 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Angwin
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) northeast of Angwin, CA, at 2:21 pm PDT on 29 September 2017 (21:21 UTC), 5.8 km deep. 12 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 11 km NE of Angwin, California
96 km (60 mi) N of San Francisco, CA · 38 km (23 mi) NE of Santa Rosa, CA
- When
- 2:21 pm PDT on 29 September 2017 ()
- Where
- 11 km (7 mi) northeast of Angwin, CA · earthquakes near Angwin
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (md)
- Depth
- 5.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 12 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Napa County, 15 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- Hunting Creek-Berryessa fault system, under 1 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 3329 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 30 km (19 mi) from the epicentre. In Angwin, 11 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.
Likely felt in: Angwin 11 km, intensity III · Calistoga 21 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 610 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 25,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 18,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 610 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 1,600 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.0 The 2014 South Napa, California Earthquake · 48 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 38.6432, -122.3527. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napa County, CA | 15 km (10 mi) | S | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Yolo County, CA | 39 km (24 mi) | E | earthquakes near Yolo County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 52 km (32 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Solano County, CA | 55 km (34 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Solano County |
| Colusa County, CA | 60 km (37 mi) | N | earthquakes near Colusa County |
| Lake County, CA | 62 km (38 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Lake 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.
- 2.0 6 km WSW of Cobb, California
- 1.9 5 km SW of Cobb, California
- 1.9 4 km SSW of Cobb, California
- 1.7 7 km W of Cobb, California
- 1.6 7 km W of Cobb, California
- 2.6 Northern California
- 1.8 4 km S of Cobb, California
- 2.1 7 km W of Cobb, California
- 1.5 6 km SSE of Cobb, California
- 1.6 10 km WNW of Cobb, California
- 1.7 10 km WNW of Cobb, California
- 2.5 6 km W of Cobb, CA
- 1.8 16 km NNW of Moskowite Corner, California
- 2.5 5 km S of Cobb, California
- 2.0 5 km S of Cobb, 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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