California earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 7 km WSW of Cobb, California

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7 km WSW of Cobb, California on Fri, Mar 14, 1986, 7:46 AM PST (15:46 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 7 km W of Lodoga, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-03-14 15:46:23 UTC
Depth
0.7 km (0.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.801° N, 122.799° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
71°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 14809 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.53 km WNW of Cobb, California · 14809 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.87 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14809 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.84 km S of Cobb, California · 14808 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.44 km SW of Cobb, California · 14808 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.76 km W of Cobb, California · 14808 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.27 km W of Cobb, California · 14808 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.625 km ENE of Potter Valley, California · 14807 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.15 km W of Cobb, California · 14807 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.25 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14807 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.74 km ESE of Clear Lake Riviera, California · 14807 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 1.74 km W of Cobb, California · 14806 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 2.24 km SW of Cobb, California · 14806 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 1.96 km W of Cobb, California · 14806 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.84 km W of Cobb, California · 14806 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.84 km W of Cobb, California · 14806 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 2.07 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14806 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  18. 1.76 km WNW of Cobb, California · 14805 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 1.77 km W of Cobb, California · 14805 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.83 km SW of Cobb, California · 14805 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14805 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 1.96 km W of Cobb, California · 14804 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 1.64 km W of Cobb, California · 14804 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 1.52 km SSE of Roseland, California · 14804 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 1.77 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14804 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 1.87 km W of Cobb, California · 14804 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  27. 1.57 km W of Cobb, California · 14804 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  28. 1.65 km W of Cobb, California · 14804 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 1.825 km ENE of Potter Valley, California · 14804 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 1.64 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14804 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 2.37 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14802 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  32. 1.76 km W of Cobb, California · 14802 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 2.07 km ESE of Cloverdale, California · 14801 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 1.77 km W of Cobb, California · 14801 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  35. 2.210 km ESE of Willits, California · 14801 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 3.67 km W of Cobb, California · 14801 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.77 km W of Cobb, California · 14801 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.08 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14801 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  39. 2.14 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14798 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  40. 1.84 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14798 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 1.6Northern California · 14798 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 1.74 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14798 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 2.413 km E of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14797 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 1.95 km SW of Cobb, California · 14796 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 2.66 km W of Cobb, California · 14796 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  46. 2.5Northern California · 14796 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  47. 2.45 km SW of Cobb, California · 14795 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 1.65 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14795 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 2.34 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14795 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  50. 2.59 km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14795 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 1.76 km W of Cobb, California · 14795 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.14 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14794 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  53. 2.08 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14793 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  54. 1.512 km NE of Comptche, California · 14793 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 1.57 km W of Cobb, California · 14792 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 2.07 km W of Cobb, California · 14792 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  57. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 14792 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 1.52 km E of Clear Lake Riviera, California · 14792 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  59. 2.116 km N of Upper Lake, California · 14792 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 2.37 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14792 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away

The first 60 of 173.

Before

  1. 1.68 km W of Cobb, California · 14809 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.06 km W of Cobb, California · 14810 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.25 km SW of Cobb, California · 14810 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.76 km NE of Willits, California · 14810 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 14811 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.05 km SW of Cobb, California · 14811 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.96 km W of Cobb, California · 14811 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.76 km W of Cobb, California · 14812 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.45 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14812 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.38 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14812 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.18 km ESE of Willits, California · 14812 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.75 km SW of Cobb, California · 14813 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.85 km SW of Cobb, California · 14814 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 1.74 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14814 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.06 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14814 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  16. 1.78 km W of Cobb, California · 14814 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.87 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14815 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.18 km W of Cobb, California · 14815 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 1.67 km SSE of Cloverdale, California · 14816 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.89 km W of Cobb, California · 14816 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc68087. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:16 PM UTC.