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M 2.5md
Earthquake near Calistoga, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Calistoga in the 24 hours to 3:41 am PST (11:41 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 33 km (21 mi) NW, at 11:06 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Calistoga
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 7 km (5 mi) southwest of Calistoga, CA, at 8:17 am PST on 10 December 2021 (16:17 UTC), 7.3 km deep. 30 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 7km SW of Calistoga, CA
11 km (7 mi) NNE of Santa Rosa, CA
- When
- 8:17 am PST on 10 December 2021 ()
- Where
- 7 km (5 mi) southwest of Calistoga, CA · earthquakes near Calistoga
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (md)
- Depth
- 7.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- 30 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Sonoma County, 25 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Maacama fault, 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 1722 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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Calistoga, 7 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: Calistoga 7 km, intensity III · Santa Rosa 12 km, intensity II · Windsor 15 km, intensity II · Kenwood 16 km, intensity II · Angwin 17 km, intensity II · Healdsburg 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 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 5.0 on 2016-12-14 — about 5,200 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 · 46 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.3 3 km E of Bloomfield, California · 28 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.3 Northern California · 29 km SW 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 38.5340, -122.6432. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma County, CA | 25 km (15 mi) | W | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
| Napa County, CA | 28 km (17 mi) | E | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Marin County, CA | 54 km (34 mi) | S | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Lake County, CA | 64 km (40 mi) | N | earthquakes near Lake County |
| Yolo County, CA | 66 km (41 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Yolo County |
| Solano County, CA | 68 km (42 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Solano 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.
- 2.3 3km SW of Anderson Springs, CA
- 1.6 5km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.7 8km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.1 4km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.3 7km W of Cobb, CA
- 1.7 2km WNW of Anderson Springs, CA
- 1.7 8km NW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.1 6km ENE of Kenwood, CA
- 2.1 3km SE of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 8km WNW of Cobb, CA
- 1.6 1km ESE of The Geysers, CA
- 2.3 9km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 9km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 1.8 1km WNW of The Geysers, CA
- 2.0 1km NNW 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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- 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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