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M 1.6md
Earthquake near Napa, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Napa in the 24 hours to 2:14 pm PST (22:14 UTC). The last one was M 2.4, 6 km (3 mi) SE, at 10:47 am PDT on 6 October 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Napa
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) northeast of Napa, CA, at 9:39 pm PST on 23 December 2025 (05:39 UTC), 6.7 km deep.
USGS: 13 km NE of Napa, CA
14 km (9 mi) NE of Napa, CA · 71 km (44 mi) NNE of San Francisco, CA
- When
- 9:39 pm PST on 23 December 2025 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) northeast of Napa, CA · earthquakes near Napa
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 6.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Napa County, 18 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Green Valley fault, 2 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 312 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Napa, 13 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: Green Valley, Yountville, Vacaville, Fairfield, Suisun, Hartley.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 4.4 on 2022-09-14 — about 18,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.0 The 2014 South Napa, California Earthquake · 22 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.4 South of Elmira, California · 27 km ESE 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 38.3867, -122.1840. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napa County, CA | 18 km (11 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Napa County |
| Solano County, CA | 25 km (16 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Solano County |
| Yolo County, CA | 41 km (25 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Yolo County |
| Contra Costa County, CA | 56 km (35 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| Marin County, CA | 62 km (38 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Marin County |
| Sonoma County, CA | 66 km (41 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Sonoma County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
29 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 10 km ESE of Black Point-Green Point, CA
- 1.7 6 km ENE of Vallejo, CA
- 2.0 6 km SE of Napa, CA
- 1.8 6 km ENE of Vallejo, CA
- 2.2 9 km N of Bay Point, CA
- 1.9 3 km NNW of Pittsburg, CA
- 1.7 5 km S of Calistoga, CA
- 1.6 1 km N of Pleasant Hill, CA
- 1.9 2 km NE of Santa Rosa, CA
- 1.6 4 km ENE of Saint Helena, CA
- 2.6 12 km SE of Middletown, CA
- 1.6 12 km E of Yountville, CA
- 1.8 4 km SSW of Yountville, CA
- 1.8 4 km SSW of Yountville, CA
- 1.6 1 km WSW of Pittsburg, 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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