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M 2.0md

Earthquake near Santa Rosa, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Santa Rosa in the 24 hours to 1:51 pm PST (21:51 UTC). The last one was M 1.9, 5 km (3 mi) NE, at 2:01 pm PDT on 23 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Santa Rosa

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 37 km (23 mi) north of Santa Rosa, CA, at 5:57 am PDT on 25 July 2022 (12:57 UTC), 2.0 km deep.

USGS: 2km W of Anderson Springs, CA

37 km (23 mi) N of Santa Rosa, CA · 114 km (71 mi) NNW of San Francisco, CA

5:57 am PDT, Jul 25, 2022 · · 2.0 km deep · released about 27 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sonoma County 33 kmLake County 37 kmNapa County 45 kmColusa County 61 kmYolo County 71 kmMarin County 80 kmSolano County 88 kmSutter County 92 kmGlenn County 96 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
5:57 am PDT on 25 July 2022 ()
Where
37 km (23 mi) north of Santa Rosa, CA · earthquakes near Santa Rosa
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
2.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sonoma County, 33 km SSW
Nearest mapped fault
Konocti Bay fault, 11 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 1570 days ago

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 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Santa Rosa, 37 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: Cobb 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 27 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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 36,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 38.7745, -122.7163. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Sonoma County, CA 33 km (21 mi) SSW earthquakes near Sonoma County
Lake County, CA 37 km (23 mi) N earthquakes near Lake County
Napa County, CA 45 km (28 mi) SE earthquakes near Napa County
Colusa County, CA 61 km (38 mi) NE earthquakes near Colusa County
Yolo County, CA 71 km (44 mi) E earthquakes near Yolo County
Marin County, CA 80 km (50 mi) S earthquakes near Marin 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. 1.6 3km SE of The Geysers, CA
  2. 1.7 1km NW of The Geysers, CA
  3. 1.6 2km NW of The Geysers, CA
  4. 1.6 6km NW of The Geysers, CA
  5. 2.3 7km NW of The Geysers, CA
  6. 1.8 7km W of Cobb, CA
  7. 1.6 4km WNW of The Geysers, CA
  8. 1.5 4km NNW of The Geysers, CA
  9. 1.5 8km SW of Kelseyville, CA
  10. 1.6 6km NE of Cloverdale, CA
  11. 1.8 7km W of Cobb, CA
  12. 2.2 13km NW of The Geysers, CA
  13. 1.9 6km NNW of The Geysers, CA
  14. 1.6 3km SE of The Geysers, CA
  15. 2.6 9km WNW of Cobb, 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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