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M 2.1md

Earthquake near Larkfield-Wikiup, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Larkfield-Wikiup in the 24 hours to 8:58 am PST (16:58 UTC). The last one was M 1.9, 8 km (5 mi) ESE, at 2:01 pm PDT on 23 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Larkfield-Wikiup

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 7 km (5 mi) north-northeast of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA, at 6:45 pm PDT on 21 May 2025 (01:45 UTC), 4.8 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 7 km NE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA

14 km (9 mi) N of Santa Rosa, CA

6:45 pm PDT, May 21, 2025 · · 4.8 km deep · released about 49 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sonoma County 19 kmNapa County 35 kmMarin County 58 kmLake County 59 kmYolo County 72 kmSolano County 76 kmColusa County 79 kmSan Francisco County 98 kmContra Costa County 99 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
6:45 pm PDT on 21 May 2025 ()
Where
7 km (5 mi) north-northeast of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · earthquakes near Larkfield-Wikiup
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
4.8 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Sonoma County, 19 km WSW
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 538 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 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Larkfield-Wikiup, 7 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: Windsor 9 km, intensity II · Calistoga 12 km, intensity II · Healdsburg 14 km, intensity II · Santa Rosa 15 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 49 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 310,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 220,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 49 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 20,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.3 3 km E of Bloomfield, California · 30 km SSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.3 Northern California · 30 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 38.5742, -122.7152. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Sonoma County, CA 19 km (12 mi) WSW earthquakes near Sonoma County
Napa County, CA 35 km (22 mi) ESE earthquakes near Napa County
Marin County, CA 58 km (36 mi) S earthquakes near Marin County
Lake County, CA 59 km (37 mi) N earthquakes near Lake County
Yolo County, CA 72 km (44 mi) E earthquakes near Yolo County
Solano County, CA 76 km (47 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.

  1. 1.5 4 km W of Cobb, CA
  2. 1.9 7 km WNW of Cobb, CA
  3. 2.3 6 km NW of The Geysers, CA
  4. 1.5 6 km NW of The Geysers, CA
  5. 2.4 6 km NW of The Geysers, CA
  6. 1.6 3 km SE of The Geysers, CA
  7. 1.6 8 km WNW of Cobb, CA
  8. 1.5 7 km NNW of The Geysers, CA
  9. 2.1 7 km NNW of The Geysers, CA
  10. 1.8 4 km WNW of Cobb, CA
  11. 1.5 6 km WNW of Cobb, CA
  12. 1.8 12 km NW of The Geysers, CA
  13. 1.8 9 km WNW of Cobb, CA
  14. 2.1 7 km NNW of The Geysers, CA
  15. 1.6 10 km 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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