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Earthquake near Lexington Hills, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Lexington Hills in the 24 hours to 3:48 pm PST (23:48 UTC). The last one was M 1.8, 9 km (6 mi) ESE, at 10:49 pm PDT on 29 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Lexington Hills

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) southeast of Lexington Hills, CA, at 11:24 pm PDT on 25 May 2026 (06:24 UTC), 12 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 6 km SE of Lexington Hills, CA

21 km (13 mi) SSW of San Jose, CA · 20 km (12 mi) NNE of Santa Cruz, CA

11:24 pm PDT, May 25, 2026 · · 12 km deep · released about 27 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Santa Cruz County 15 kmSanta Clara County 23 kmSan Mateo County 51 kmAlameda County 57 kmContra Costa County 88 kmSan Benito County 94 kmStanislaus County 94 kmSan Joaquin County 106 kmMerced County 107 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
11:24 pm PDT on 25 May 2026 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) southeast of Lexington Hills, CA · earthquakes near Lexington Hills
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Santa Cruz County, 15 km SSW
Nearest mapped fault
Sargent 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 160 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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Lexington Hills, 6 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: Los Gatos, Lompico, Day Valley, Scotts Valley, Monte Sereno, Mount Hermon.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 27 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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 5.1 on 2022-10-25 — about 43,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 29 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.9 The 1989 Loma Prieta, California Earthquake · 11 km SSE of this epicentre
  2. 6.5 Near Morgan Hill, California · 25 km E of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 22 km S of Davenport, California · 44 km SW of this epicentre
  4. 6.3 16 km SW of Davenport, California · 44 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 6.2 Near San Jose, California · 22 km NNE 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 37.1310, -121.9232. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Santa Cruz County, CA 15 km (9 mi) SSW earthquakes near Santa Cruz County
Santa Clara County, CA 23 km (14 mi) ENE earthquakes near Santa Clara County
San Mateo County, CA 51 km (31 mi) NW earthquakes near San Mateo County
Alameda County, CA 57 km (36 mi) N earthquakes near Alameda County
Contra Costa County, CA 88 km (55 mi) N earthquakes near Contra Costa County
San Benito County, CA 94 km (59 mi) SE earthquakes near San Benito County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.4 11 km ESE of Gilroy, CA
  2. 2.1 11 km ESE of Gilroy, CA
  3. 2.5 11 km ESE of Gilroy, CA
  4. 1.6 2 km ENE of Aromas, CA
  5. 2.3 14 km N of Morgan Hill, CA
  6. 1.8 5 km WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA
  7. 1.6 2 km W of Portola Valley, CA
  8. 1.9 3 km ESE of Aromas, CA
  9. 1.6 7 km WSW of Gilroy, CA
  10. 2.1 11 km ESE of Gilroy, CA
  11. 1.6 11 km ESE of Gilroy, CA
  12. 1.7 12 km ESE of Gilroy, CA
  13. 1.7 11 km ESE of Gilroy, CA
  14. 2.0 2 km SE of Aromas, CA
  15. 1.5 12 km ESE of Gilroy, 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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