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M 1.5md
Earthquake near Kenwood, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Kenwood in the 24 hours to 4:32 am PST (12:32 UTC). The last one was M 1.7, in Kenwood, at 12:33 am PDT on 25 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Kenwood
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) north of Kenwood, CA, at 1:25 pm PDT on 19 October 2020 (20:25 UTC), 6.5 km deep.
USGS: 5km N of Kenwood, CA
15 km (9 mi) E of Santa Rosa, CA
- When
- 1:25 pm PDT on 19 October 2020 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) north of Kenwood, CA · earthquakes near Kenwood
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 6.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Napa County, 19 km ENE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Maacama fault, 4 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Kenwood, 5 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.
Likely felt in: Kenwood 5 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 170,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.0 The 2014 South Napa, California Earthquake · 34 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.3 3 km E of Bloomfield, California · 29 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.3 Northern California · 30 km WSW 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 38.4622, -122.5375. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napa County, CA | 19 km (12 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 35 km (21 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Marin County, CA | 49 km (31 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Solano County, CA | 56 km (35 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Solano County |
| Yolo County, CA | 60 km (37 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Yolo County |
| Lake County, CA | 74 km (46 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Lake County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 7km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.8 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.9 3km SE of The Geysers, CA
- 1.7 3km SE of The Geysers, CA
- 1.6 2km NNE of The Geysers, CA
- 1.5 8km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 7km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.1 7km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.0 7km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.6 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.6 6km W of Cobb, CA
- 1.5 8km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.9 5km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 6km NW of The Geysers, 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
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