Minor earthquake, 2.86 mag was detected near The Geysers in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from The Geysers in CA. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:13:20 / 2:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -122.78133392334 West, latitude 38.81583404541 North, depth = 1.460000038147 km. Event id: nc75282426. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75282426. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.460000038147 km (1 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/25 / 2025-12-19 02:13:20 / December 19, 2025 @ 2:13 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Rohnert Park (c. 41 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Windsor (c. 26 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Napa, Williams, Petaluma (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 5 km NNW of The Geysers, CA.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.86 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.78133392334° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.81583404541° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.460000038147 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km NNW 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	2025-12-19 02:13:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-19 02:18:07	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	126	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	78	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.002621	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	42	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	nc75282426	Id of event.
Event Code	75282426	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75282426,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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