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M 2.5md
Earthquake near Angwin, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Angwin in the 24 hours to 2:54 am PST (10:54 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 2.5 earthquake was recorded 12 km (8 mi) east-southeast of Angwin, CA, at 12:59 pm PDT on 16 August 2021 (19:59 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 12km ESE of Angwin, CA
86 km (53 mi) N of San Francisco, CA · 28 km (17 mi) N of Napa, CA
- When
- 12:59 pm PDT on 16 August 2021 ()
- Where
- 12 km (8 mi) east-southeast of Angwin, CA · earthquakes near Angwin
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (md)
- Depth
- -0.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- 5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Napa County, 5 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Hunting Creek-Berryessa fault system, 5 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 1840 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 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Angwin, 12 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: Angwin 12 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 190 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 80,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 57,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.1× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 190 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 4.2 on 2018-01-18 — about 340 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.0 The 2014 South Napa, California Earthquake · 37 km S of this epicentre
- 5.4 South of Elmira, California · 45 km SE 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 38.5483, -122.3130. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napa County, CA | 5 km (3 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Yolo County, CA | 39 km (24 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Yolo County |
| Solano County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Solano County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 53 km (33 mi) | W | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Marin County, CA | 67 km (42 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Colusa County, CA | 70 km (44 mi) | N | earthquakes near Colusa County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
33 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 3km ENE of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 6km W of Allendale, CA
- 1.6 10km WNW of Calistoga, CA
- 2.2 5km E of Vallejo, CA
- 1.8 3km SW of Anderson Springs, CA
- 1.6 5km E of Vallejo, CA
- 2.3 1km NNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.5 7km S of Calistoga, CA
- 1.6 2km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.2 1km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.7 2km SW of Cobb, CA
- 1.9 2km WNW of Cobb, CA
- 1.7 3km SW of Angwin, CA
- 1.8 8km NNE of Black Point-Green Point, CA
- 1.8 10km NNE of Windsor, 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
- 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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