A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from The Geysers in CA on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75176791. Unique identifier: nc75176791. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.9800000190735 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:19:58 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/05/25 / 2025-05-05 14:19:58 / May 5, 2025 @ 2:19 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -122.77700042725° West, latitude 38.792167663574° North, depth = 2.9800000190735 km.
Epicenter of the event was 39 km (25 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Winters, Napa, Williams. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km NW of The Geysers, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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