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M 3.2mw
Earthquake near Pinole, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Pinole in the 24 hours to 11:46 pm PST (07:46 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 16 km (10 mi) SSE, at 6:23 pm PST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 114 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Pinole
This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded in Pinole, CA, at 9:30 pm PDT on 8 June 2025 (04:30 UTC), 9.7 km deep. 4,363 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 2 km NW of Pinole, CA
27 km (17 mi) NNE of San Francisco, CA · 8 km (5 mi) NNE of Richmond, CA
- When
- 9:30 pm PDT on 8 June 2025 ()
- Where
- in Pinole, CA · earthquakes near Pinole
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (mw)
- Depth
- 9.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- 4,363 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Contra Costa County, 33 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Hayward fault, 16 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 191 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 48 km (30 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Pinole in town, intensity III · Hercules 2 km, intensity III · San Pablo 6 km, intensity III · Richmond 9 km, intensity III · Crockett 10 km, intensity III · El Cerrito 11 km, intensity III · Vallejo 11 km, intensity III · Benicia 14 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1.1 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 150,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 6,900× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 4,900× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.2 about 1.1 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.3× more
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 68 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 7.9 The 1906 San Francisco, California Earthquake · 36 km SW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 2014 South Napa, California Earthquake · 23 km N of this epicentre
- 5.4 South of Elmira, California · 48 km NE 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 38.0113, -122.3138. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contra Costa County, CA | 33 km (21 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| Marin County, CA | 38 km (24 mi) | W | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Solano County, CA | 43 km (27 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Solano County |
| Alameda County, CA | 54 km (33 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| Napa County, CA | 55 km (34 mi) | N | earthquakes near Napa County |
| San Mateo County, CA | 67 km (41 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
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 7 km ENE of Vallejo, CA
- 1.6 4 km SW of Muir Beach, CA
- 1.6 4 km ESE of Vallejo, CA
- 1.7 2 km E of Hayward, CA
- 2.0 2 km ENE of Berkeley, CA
- 1.9 7 km ESE of Black Point-Green Point, CA
- 1.9 3 km SW of Clayton, CA
- 2.6 3 km ESE of Berkeley, CA
- 1.9 5 km WSW of San Francisco Zoo, CA
- 1.6 3 km SW of Clayton, CA
- 1.7 2 km ENE of Pacheco, CA
- 1.6 6 km ENE of Vallejo, CA
- 1.6 2 km NW of Concord, CA
- 1.9 5 km SSE of Pittsburg, CA
- 1.7 7 km W of Temelec, 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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