Minor earthquake, 2.94 mag was detected near The Geysers in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from The Geysers in CA on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 2.8699998855591 km, -122.79000091553° West, 38.806167602539° North. Unique identifier: nc75264541. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75264541. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.8699998855591 km (2 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:54:40 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/11/25 / 2025-11-17 03:54:40 / November 17, 2025 @ 3:54 am UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winters, Napa, Williams (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km NW of The Geysers, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Napa Petaluma Rohnert Park Santa Rosa The Geysers United States Williams Windsor Winters

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.94 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.79000091553° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.806167602539° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.8699998855591 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km NW of The Geysers, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-17 03:54:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-17 03:56:43	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	133	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	70	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.004516	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.07 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	nc75264541	Id of event.
Event Code	75264541	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75264541,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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