March 7, 1865 Earthquake: E Central, Sonoma County, California, United States
An earthquake struck E Central, Sonoma County, California, United States on March 7, 1865 at 14:00 UTC.
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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- March 7, 1865
- Time
- 14:00 UTC
- Place
- E Central, Sonoma County, California, United States
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.500° N, 122.500° W
- Country
- United States
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 18, 1906, San Francisco, California, United States
- October 18, 1989, Loma Prieta, California, United States
- October 21, 1868, Hayward,san Francisco, California, United States
- October 2, 1969, Santa Rosa, California, United States
- August 24, 2014, Napa, Vallejo, California, United States
- April 19, 1892, Vacaville,winters, California, United States
- September 3, 2000, Napa, California, United States
- March 31, 1898, Sonoma County, California, United States
- April 21, 1892, Winters, California, United States
- June 10, 1836, California, United States
- May 15, 1851, Northern, California, United States
- October 22, 1854, Northern, California, United States
- October 22, 1855, San Francisco, California, United States
- February 10, 1869, San Francisco, California, United States
- February 13, 1869, San Francisco, California, United States
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 2093.