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M 2.5md
Earthquake near Brentwood, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Brentwood in the 24 hours to 1:07 am PST (09:07 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 12 km (7 mi) WSW, at 6:47 am PDT on 14 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 52 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Brentwood
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) southwest of Brentwood, CA, at 3:06 pm PDT on 13 September 2026 (22:06 UTC), 17 km deep. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 9 km SW of Brentwood, CA
10 km (6 mi) SW of Brentwood, CA · 64 km (40 mi) N of San Jose, CA
- When
- 3:06 pm PDT on 13 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 11 km (7 mi) southwest of Brentwood, CA · earthquakes near Brentwood
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (md)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- 5 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Contra Costa County, 14 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Greenville fault, 4 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 60 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 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. In Brentwood, 11 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: Brentwood 11 km, intensity II · Antioch 15 km, intensity II · Oakley 16 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 200 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 75,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 53,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.7× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 200 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 4.5 on 2019-10-15 — about 730 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.8 The 1980 Livermore, California Earthquake · 5 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.7 15 km NE of East Foothills, California · 45 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.5 6 km NNE of East Foothills, California · 49 km S of this epicentre
- 5.4 South of Elmira, California · 48 km N of this epicentre
- 5.4 9 km NE of Livermore, California · 16 km SSE 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 37.8742, -121.8032. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contra Costa County, CA | 14 km (9 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Contra Costa County |
| Alameda County, CA | 27 km (17 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Alameda County |
| Solano County, CA | 45 km (28 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Solano County |
| San Joaquin County, CA | 47 km (29 mi) | E | earthquakes near San Joaquin County |
| San Mateo County, CA | 72 km (44 mi) | SW | earthquakes near San Mateo County |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 73 km (46 mi) | S | earthquakes near Santa Clara County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 12 km SE of Livermore, CA
- 1.1 2 km SSW of Alamo, CA
- 2.0 7 km ENE of Vallejo, CA
- 1.0 6 km E of Oakland, CA
- 1.3 5 km SSW of Pittsburg, CA
- 1.0 15 km SE of Livermore, CA
- 1.6 10 km ENE of Blackhawk, CA
- 2.4 4 km SE of San Ramon, CA
- 1.7 1 km SW of San Ramon, CA
- 2.4 2 km SSW of San Ramon, CA
- 1.6 1 km WSW of San Ramon, CA
- 1.4 2 km W of San Ramon, CA
- 1.1 2 km SSW of San Ramon, CA
- 1.8 1 km SW of San Ramon, CA
- 1.6 2 km WSW of Alamo, 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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