Minor earthquake: M2.96 quake has struck near Berkeley in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Berkeley in CA. Unique identifier: nc75240717. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75240717. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/09/25 / 2025-09-23 01:21:57 / September 23, 2025 @ 1:21 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.0799999237061 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -122.24466705322° West, latitude 37.858001708984° North, depth = 7.0799999237061 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:21:57 / 1:21 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sebastopol, Winters, Santa Rosa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km SE of Berkeley, CA.

Berkeley CA Fremont Oakland San Francisco San Jose Santa Rosa Sebastopol United States Winters

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.96 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.24466705322° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.858001708984° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.0799999237061 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km SE of Berkeley, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-09-23 01:21:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-23 01:23:48	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	135	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	nc	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,nc,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	83	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.01499	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.08 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	29	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc75240717	Id of event.
Event Code	75240717	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75240717,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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