California earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 10 km S of Willows, California

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 10 km S of Willows, California on Tue, Aug 14, 1984, 2:42 AM PDT (09:42 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 11 km ENE of Clearlake, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1984-08-14 09:42:10 UTC
Depth
19.6 km (12.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.429° N, 122.176° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
177°
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 100 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.110 km WNW of Lakeport, California · 15386 days ago · 30 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.75 km SW of Cobb, California · 15385 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 15385 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 2.68 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15385 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.76 km W of Cobb, California · 15384 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.76 km W of Cobb, California · 15383 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.13 km SE of Clearlake Oaks, California · 15383 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.612 km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 15382 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 15381 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.0Northern California · 15380 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 1.85 km SW of Cobb, California · 15380 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.35 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15380 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.917 km WSW of Guinda, California · 15380 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.45 km SW of Cottonwood, California · 15379 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.79 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15379 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.75 km SW of Cobb, California · 15377 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.57 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15376 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.04 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15376 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.57 km W of Cobb, California · 15375 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.06 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15375 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 2.93 km E of Redwood Valley, California · 15375 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 1.57 km W of Cobb, California · 15374 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.816 km NNE of Upper Lake, California · 15374 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 2.46 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15374 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 1.710 km NNE of Cloverdale, California · 15374 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.65 km W of Cobb, California · 15373 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.48 km NNE of Hopland, California · 15373 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.05 km SW of Cobb, California · 15372 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.66 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15372 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
  30. 2.823 km NNE of Potter Valley, California · 15372 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 1.76 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15372 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.76 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15372 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.78 km NNE of Hopland, California · 15372 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.46 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15372 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 1.66 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15372 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 1.920 km NW of Paskenta, California · 15372 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 2.010 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15371 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.710 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15371 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 1.51 km NNW of Calpella, California · 15371 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 2.022 km SSE of Covelo, California · 15371 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  41. 1.919 km NNE of Upper Lake, California · 15370 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 2.214 km S of Paskenta, California · 15370 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 2.04 km NE of Clearlake, California · 15370 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 1.58 km W of Cobb, California · 15370 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.57 km W of Cobb, California · 15370 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.416 km W of Williams, California · 15370 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  47. 1.76 km W of Cobb, California · 15369 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 1.67 km ENE of Willits, California · 15368 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 1.67 km ENE of Willits, California · 15368 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 1.67 km ENE of Willits, California · 15368 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 1.77 km ENE of Willits, California · 15367 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 1.56 km W of Cobb, California · 15367 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 15367 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.215 km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 15366 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.75 km N of Redwood Valley, California · 15366 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  56. 1.65 km W of Cobb, California · 15366 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 2.317 km NW of Paskenta, California · 15364 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 1.88 km W of Cobb, California · 15363 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  59. 2.09 km SE of Hopland, California · 15363 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 2.313 km NE of Proberta, California · 15362 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 170.

Before

  1. 1.918 km ENE of Potter Valley, California · 15387 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.619 km ENE of Potter Valley, California · 15387 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.95 km WNW of Butte Meadows, California · 15388 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.613 km NNE of Angwin, California · 15389 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.15 km SW of Cobb, California · 15389 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.84 km W of Cobb, California · 15389 days ago · -1 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.84 km W of Cobb, California · 15390 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.48 km SSE of Dunnigan, California · 15390 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.07 km W of Cobb, California · 15390 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.74 km W of Redwood Valley, California · 15390 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.99 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15391 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.76 km W of Cobb, California · 15391 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.73 km ENE of Lakeport, California · 15392 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.74 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15392 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.46 km W of Cobb, California · 15392 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.96 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15393 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 15394 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 1.920 km NNE of Upper Lake, California · 15394 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.43 km SSE of Palermo, California · 15395 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.56 km WSW of Cobb, California · 15396 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1119239. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC.