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M 4.2mw
Earthquake near San Ramon, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in San Ramon in the 24 hours to 12:45 pm PST (20:45 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 6 km (4 mi) NNE, at 7:18 am PDT on 31 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near San Ramon
This page: a magnitude 4.2 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) southeast of San Ramon, CA, at 7:01 am PST on 2 February 2026 (15:01 UTC), 9.6 km deep. 5,032 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 4 km SE of San Ramon, CA
in San Ramon, CA · 42 km (26 mi) E of San Francisco, CA
- When
- 7:01 am PST on 2 February 2026 ()
- Where
- 4 km (2 mi) southeast of San Ramon, CA · earthquakes near San Ramon
- Magnitude
- M 4.2 (mw)
- Depth
- 9.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- 5,032 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Measured shaking
- intensity V (ShakeMap)
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Tsunami
- USGS flagged this event for tsunami evaluation. Follow tsunami.gov for official messages.
- Nearest
- Alameda County, 12 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Pleasanton 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 52 days ago
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This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 110 km (68 mi) from the epicentre. In San Ramon, 4 km away, the estimate is intensity IV (light). 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: San Ramon 4 km, intensity IV · Dublin 6 km, intensity IV · Danville 9 km, intensity IV · Pleasanton 12 km, intensity IV · Alamo 13 km, intensity IV · Castro Valley 14 km, intensity IV · Hayward 16 km, intensity IV · Livermore 18 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 28 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 6,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 270× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 190× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 4.2 about 28 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 59× 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 2.6 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.8 The 1980 Livermore, California Earthquake · 18 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.7 15 km NE of East Foothills, California · 38 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.5 6 km NNE of East Foothills, California · 39 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.4 9 km NE of Livermore, California · 21 km E of this epicentre
- 5.3 The 1957 San Francisco, California Earthquake · 48 km WSW 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 37.7563, -121.9437. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda County, CA | 12 km (8 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| Contra Costa County, CA | 18 km (11 mi) | N | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| San Mateo County, CA | 54 km (33 mi) | SW | earthquakes near San Mateo County |
| Solano County, CA | 57 km (35 mi) | N | earthquakes near Solano County |
| San Joaquin County, CA | 62 km (39 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near San Joaquin County |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 64 km (39 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Santa Clara 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.
- 1.6 5 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
- 2.3 3 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
- 2.6 5 km N of Dublin, CA
- 2.1 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
- 1.8 4 km SE of San Ramon, CA
- 2.0 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
- 1.8 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
- 1.9 5 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
- 2.2 5 km SE of San Ramon, CA
- 2.8 5 km SE of San Ramon, CA
- 2.9 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
- 3.0 4 km ESE of San Ramon, CA
- 1.5 5 km SE of San Ramon, CA
- 2.1 5 km SE of San Ramon, CA
- 2.4 4 km ESE of San Ramon, 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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