M2.8 earthquake 3 km ESE of Rodeo, California

Magnitude

2.8 (md), micro

Local time

Thu, Nov 28, 1985, 6:03 PM PST

UTC

1985-11-29 02:03:35 UTC

Depth

6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.018° N, 122.236° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.13

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

53°

Stations used

58

• Rodeo, CaliforniaPopulation 8,679. Forecast3 kmESE
• Hercules, CaliforniaPopulation 25,314. Forecast5 kmE
• Vallejo, CaliforniaPopulation 121,692. Forecast10 kmS
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast569 kmNW

After

1. 1.65 km WSW of Cobb, CaliforniaFri, Nov 29, 5:48 AM PST · 14914 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
2. 2.45 km WSW of Cobb, CaliforniaFri, Nov 29, 11:51 AM PST · 14914 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
3. 2.45 km SW of Cobb, CaliforniaFri, Nov 29, 5:52 PM PST · 14913 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
4. 2.73 km SW of Cobb, CaliforniaFri, Nov 29, 7:15 PM PST · 14913 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
5. 2.9Northern CaliforniaSat, Nov 30, 12:15 AM PST · 14913 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
6. 1.7Northern CaliforniaSat, Nov 30, 12:19 AM PST · 14913 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
7. 1.78 km SE of Sunol, CaliforniaSat, Nov 30, 1:42 AM PST · 14913 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
8. 1.912 km NE of Windsor, CaliforniaSat, Nov 30, 12:00 PM PST · 14913 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
9. 1.93 km NNE of Healdsburg, CaliforniaSat, Nov 30, 2:00 PM PST · 14913 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
10. 1.910 km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CaliforniaSat, Nov 30, 5:45 PM PST · 14912 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
11. 1.614 km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CaliforniaSat, Nov 30, 10:13 PM PST · 14912 days ago · -1 km deep · 82 km away
12. 1.75 km NNE of Guerneville, CaliforniaSun, Dec 1, 11:47 PM PST · 14911 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
13. 1.64 km S of Cobb, CaliforniaMon, Dec 2, 1:55 AM PST · 14911 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
14. 1.65 km WSW of Cobb, CaliforniaMon, Dec 2, 4:10 AM PST · 14911 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
15. 1.66 km SW of Mountain House, CaliforniaMon, Dec 2, 8:29 PM PST · 14910 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
16. 2.19 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaMon, Dec 2, 9:49 PM PST · 14910 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
17. 1.75 km SW of Cobb, CaliforniaMon, Dec 2, 10:56 PM PST · 14910 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
18. 1.53 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Dec 3, 4:21 AM PST · 14910 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
19. 2.24 km SW of Cobb, CaliforniaTue, Dec 3, 6:25 AM PST · 14910 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
20. 1.85 km WSW of Cobb, CaliforniaTue, Dec 3, 11:45 AM PST · 14910 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
21. 2.110 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaTue, Dec 3, 1:52 PM PST · 14910 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
22. 2.610 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaTue, Dec 3, 2:04 PM PST · 14910 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
23. 2.09 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaWed, Dec 4, 12:00 AM PST · 14909 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
24. 2.09 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaWed, Dec 4, 12:01 AM PST · 14909 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
25. 1.97 km NNE of Milpitas, CaliforniaWed, Dec 4, 6:34 AM PST · 14909 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
26. 2.19 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaWed, Dec 4, 6:48 AM PST · 14909 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
27. 1.69 km SE of Livermore, CaliforniaWed, Dec 4, 9:40 AM PST · 14909 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
28. 3.314 km N of Morgan Hill, CaliforniaWed, Dec 4, 10:55 AM PST · 14909 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
29. 2.614 km NNW of Moskowite Corner, CaliforniaFri, Dec 6, 7:54 PM PST · 14906 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
30. 3.15 km SW of Cobb, CaliforniaFri, Dec 6, 9:15 PM PST · 14906 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
31. 2.9Northern CaliforniaFri, Dec 6, 9:16 PM PST · 14906 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
32. 1.73 km W of Glen Ellen, CaliforniaSat, Dec 7, 12:50 AM PST · 14906 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
33. 2.317 km ENE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSat, Dec 7, 1:09 AM PST · 14906 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
34. 1.55 km SW of Cobb, CaliforniaSat, Dec 7, 4:35 PM PST · 14905 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
35. 2.04 km SSE of Seven Trees, CaliforniaSun, Dec 8, 11:43 AM PST · 14905 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
36. 1.84 km WSW of Cobb, CaliforniaMon, Dec 9, 6:32 PM PST · 14903 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
37. 1.816 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaTue, Dec 10, 12:17 AM PST · 14903 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
38. 1.65 km SW of Cobb, CaliforniaTue, Dec 10, 4:00 AM PST · 14903 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
39. 2.73 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaTue, Dec 10, 3:25 PM PST · 14903 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
40. 2.02 km W of Forestville, CaliforniaTue, Dec 10, 5:26 PM PST · 14902 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
41. 2.45 km SSW of Calistoga, CaliforniaTue, Dec 10, 7:22 PM PST · 14902 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
42. 1.64 km S of Cobb, CaliforniaTue, Dec 10, 10:20 PM PST · 14902 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
43. 2.13 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaWed, Dec 11, 4:56 AM PST · 14902 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
44. 2.05 km NW of Broadmoor, CaliforniaThu, Dec 12, 11:20 PM PST · 14900 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
45. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, CaliforniaFri, Dec 13, 2:20 AM PST · 14900 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
46. 1.69 km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, CaliforniaFri, Dec 13, 4:17 AM PST · 14900 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
47. 1.89 km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, CaliforniaFri, Dec 13, 9:06 AM PST · 14900 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
48. 1.96 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaFri, Dec 13, 4:39 PM PST · 14899 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
49. 1.616 km E of Seven Trees, CaliforniaSat, Dec 14, 2:36 AM PST · 14899 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
50. 1.63 km N of East Foothills, CaliforniaSat, Dec 14, 3:48 AM PST · 14899 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
51. 2.25 km SW of Cobb, CaliforniaSun, Dec 15, 2:26 PM PST · 14898 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
52. 2.86 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSun, Dec 15, 10:39 PM PST · 14897 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
53. 1.90 km NNW of Concord, CaliforniaMon, Dec 16, 8:40 PM PST · 14896 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
54. 2.05 km SW of Cobb, CaliforniaTue, Dec 17, 12:59 AM PST · 14896 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
55. 2.50 km W of Pleasant Hill, CaliforniaTue, Dec 17, 4:47 AM PST · 14896 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
56. 1.54 km WSW of Cobb, CaliforniaTue, Dec 17, 3:30 PM PST · 14896 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
57. 2.38 km WSW of Pescadero, CaliforniaThu, Dec 19, 6:52 AM PST · 14894 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
58. 2.13 km SSE of Sunol, CaliforniaFri, Dec 20, 5:39 AM PST · 14893 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
59. 2.03 km N of Pittsburg, CaliforniaFri, Dec 20, 1:30 PM PST · 14893 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
60. 2.011 km E of Blackhawk, CaliforniaFri, Dec 20, 4:40 PM PST · 14892 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 146.

Before

1. 2.111 km SSE of Elmira, CaliforniaThu, Nov 28, 5:32 PM PST · 14914 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
2. 2.11 km WSW of Roseland, CaliforniaThu, Nov 28, 7:54 AM PST · 14915 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
3. 1.64 km SW of Cobb, CaliforniaThu, Nov 28, 1:33 AM PST · 14915 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
4. 1.87 km WSW of Cobb, CaliforniaWed, Nov 27, 5:36 PM PST · 14915 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
5. 2.35 km SW of Sunol, CaliforniaWed, Nov 27, 5:17 PM PST · 14915 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
6. 1.55 km ENE of Fremont, CaliforniaWed, Nov 27, 2:41 PM PST · 14916 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
7. 2.211 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSun, Nov 24, 11:50 PM PST · 14918 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
8. 2.711 km ESE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSun, Nov 24, 11:46 PM PST · 14918 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
9. 2.15 km WSW of Cobb, CaliforniaSun, Nov 24, 1:20 PM PST · 14919 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
10. 2.05 km SW of Cobb, CaliforniaSat, Nov 23, 9:28 AM PST · 14920 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
11. 1.515 km NE of East Foothills, CaliforniaSat, Nov 23, 9:25 AM PST · 14920 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
12. 1.616 km SSE of Livermore, CaliforniaSat, Nov 23, 12:06 AM PST · 14920 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
13. 1.816 km SSE of Livermore, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 11:52 PM PST · 14920 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
14. 2.55 km SW of Cobb, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 8:47 PM PST · 14920 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
15. 1.65 km SW of Cobb, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 8:45 PM PST · 14920 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
16. 2.212 km E of Geyserville, CaliforniaFri, Nov 22, 1:10 AM PST · 14921 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
17. 1.76 km NNE of Blackhawk, CaliforniaThu, Nov 21, 3:20 PM PST · 14922 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
18. 1.80 km NE of Concord, CaliforniaWed, Nov 20, 6:56 PM PST · 14922 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
19. 1.85 km WSW of Cobb, CaliforniaWed, Nov 20, 6:43 PM PST · 14922 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
20. 1.65 km WSW of Cobb, CaliforniaWed, Nov 20, 6:43 PM PST · 14922 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc60126 (also filed as usp0002nbw). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC.