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M 2.4ml
Earthquake near Richmond, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Richmond in the 24 hours to 9:56 pm PST (05:56 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 11 km (7 mi) WNW, at 11:44 am PST on 10 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Richmond
This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) north of Richmond, CA, at 3:07 pm PST on 13 February 2025 (23:07 UTC), 20 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 3 km NW of Bayview-Montalvin, CA
27 km (17 mi) NNE of San Francisco, CA · 7 km (5 mi) N of Richmond, CA
- When
- 3:07 pm PST on 13 February 2025 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) north of Richmond, CA · earthquakes near Richmond
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 20 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Marin County, 35 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Rodgers Creek fault, 16 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 636 days ago
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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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Richmond, 9 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Montalvin, Tara Hills, Pinole, Hercules, Rollingwood, San Pablo.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.1× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 4.5 on 2019-10-15 — about 1,400 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 7.9 The 1906 San Francisco, California Earthquake · 35 km SSW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 2014 South Napa, California Earthquake · 22 km N of this epicentre
- 5.3 The 1957 San Francisco, California Earthquake · 41 km SSW 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 38.0178, -122.3473. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marin County, CA | 35 km (22 mi) | W | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Contra Costa County, CA | 36 km (23 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| Solano County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Solano County |
| Napa County, CA | 54 km (34 mi) | N | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Alameda County, CA | 56 km (35 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| San Mateo County, CA | 67 km (42 mi) | S | earthquakes near San Mateo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.9 13 km NNE of Pittsburg, CA
- 2.3 12 km NNE of Pittsburg, CA
- 2.1 12 km W of Rio Vista, CA
- 1.8 12 km W of Rio Vista, CA
- 2.7 3 km W of Orinda, CA
- 2.9 5 km WNW of Dublin, CA
- 1.5 5 km E of Vallejo, CA
- 1.7 2 km ENE of Lafayette, CA
- 1.5 5 km WSW of Cotati, CA
- 1.8 3 km SW of Blackhawk, CA
- 2.5 5 km WNW of Dublin, CA
- 1.6 4 km WNW of Dublin, CA
- 2.7 5 km W of Dublin, CA
- 2.1 4 km W of Dublin, CA
- 1.7 5 km WNW of Dublin, 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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