California earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 5 km NE of Ukiah, California

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5 km NE of Ukiah, California on Thu, Apr 6, 1978, 3:02 AM PST (11:02 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 5 km SE of Calpella, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1978-04-06 11:02:23 UTC
Depth
0.9 km (0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.190° N, 123.161° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
184°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
10

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.25 km SE of Calpella, California · 17701 days ago · 12 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.84 km SE of Calpella, California · 17701 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.95 km SE of Calpella, California · 17701 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.25 km SE of Calpella, California · 17701 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.05 km SE of Calpella, California · 17701 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.65 km SE of Calpella, California · 17701 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.54 km SE of Calpella, California · 17701 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.75 km SE of Calpella, California · 17700 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.73 km E of Calpella, California · 17700 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 3.25 km SE of Calpella, California · 17700 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.85 km SE of Calpella, California · 17700 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.55 km SE of Calpella, California · 17699 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.74 km SE of Calpella, California · 17699 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.65 km SE of Calpella, California · 17699 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 1.64 km E of Calpella, California · 17699 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.57 km W of Cobb, California · 17699 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.52 km SSE of Calpella, California · 17699 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 1.88 km WSW of Cobb, California · 17699 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.22 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17698 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.21 km S of Redwood Valley, California · 17698 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 1.65 km SE of Calpella, California · 17698 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 1.75 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17698 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 1.85 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17697 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 2.23 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17695 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 1.73 km SE of Calpella, California · 17694 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 2.47 km ESE of Comptche, California · 17694 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 1.64 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17694 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 2.53 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17694 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 2.15 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17693 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 2.58 km WSW of Cobb, California · 17693 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 1.87 km W of Cobb, California · 17693 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  32. 2.64 km WSW of Cobb, California · 17692 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 2.04 km E of Calpella, California · 17692 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 2.04 km SE of Calpella, California · 17692 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  35. 1.53 km NE of Santa Rosa, California · 17691 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.38 km NW of Redwood Valley, California · 17691 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 2.36 km SSE of Willits, California · 17691 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 1.64 km SE of Calpella, California · 17690 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 1.56 km W of Cobb, California · 17690 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.36 km SSE of Willits, California · 17690 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 2.12 km ENE of Calpella, California · 17690 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 3.219 km WNW of Elk Creek, California · 17690 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 2.55 km SE of Calpella, California · 17690 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 3.226 km WNW of Elk Creek, California · 17689 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 3.023 km WNW of Elk Creek, California · 17689 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.83 km SE of Calpella, California · 17689 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  47. 3.421 km WNW of Elk Creek, California · 17689 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 3.221 km WNW of Elk Creek, California · 17689 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.220 km WNW of Jenner, California · 17688 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  50. 1.84 km SE of Calpella, California · 17688 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 2.06 km S of Hopland, California · 17688 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  52. 2.32 km SE of Stonyford, California · 17687 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 1.73 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17686 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 1.55 km WSW of Cobb, California · 17686 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 1.611 km NE of Healdsburg, California · 17685 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 1.63 km E of Calpella, California · 17685 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 2.011 km ESE of Boonville, California · 17685 days ago · -1 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 1.53 km SSE of Calpella, California · 17684 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  59. 2.04 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17684 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 1.52 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17683 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 2.04 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17702 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.34 km SE of Calpella, California · 17702 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.43 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17702 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.95 km SE of Calpella, California · 17702 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.16 km SE of Calpella, California · 17702 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 1.85 km SE of Calpella, California · 17702 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 3.22 km E of Calpella, California · 17702 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 1.92 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17702 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.25 km NE of Ukiah, California · 17703 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 1.95 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17703 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.92 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17704 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.67 km W of Cobb, California · 17704 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.55 km SE of Calpella, California · 17704 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.02 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17704 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 1.65 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17704 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.75 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17704 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.64 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17705 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 1.94 km SE of Calpella, California · 17705 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 1.94 km SE of Calpella, California · 17705 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.93 km ESE of Calpella, California · 17705 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1039742. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.