California earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 15 km ENE of Potter Valley, California

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 15 km ENE of Potter Valley, California on Fri, Oct 3, 1986, 8:58 PM PDT (03:58 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 6 km W of Cobb, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-10-04 03:58:06 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.352° N, 122.939° 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, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
69°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 154 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.36 km W of Cobb, California · 14598 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.04 km NE of Windsor, California · 14597 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.01 km WSW of Angwin, California · 14597 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.16 km W of Cobb, California · 14597 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.86 km W of Cobb, California · 14597 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.06 km W of Cobb, California · 14597 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.77 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14597 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.110 km N of Cloverdale, California · 14597 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.813 km S of Comptche, California · 14596 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.6Northern California · 14595 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.86 km W of Cobb, California · 14595 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.67 km W of Cobb, California · 14595 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.05 km SW of Cobb, California · 14595 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.714 km NE of Willits, California · 14593 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.64 km W of Angwin, California · 14593 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.810 km SSW of Laytonville, California · 14592 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.617 km SSE of Covelo, California · 14592 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.99 km SSW of Lodoga, California · 14592 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 2.69 km SE of Laytonville, California · 14592 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 3.26 km WSW of Covelo, California · 14592 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 1.65 km SW of Cobb, California · 14592 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 4.04 km SW of Sea Ranch, California · 14591 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.01 km W of Sea Ranch, California · 14591 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 1.57 km SSW of Clear Lake Riviera, California · 14591 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 1.77 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14591 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.57 km W of Cobb, California · 14590 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 2.528 km ENE of Covelo, California · 14590 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 1.77 km W of Cobb, California · 14589 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 2.05 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14587 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.22 km SSE of Covelo, California · 14587 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 1.75 km ESE of Fort Bragg, California · 14586 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  32. 1.63 km W of Geyserville, California · 14585 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 1.810 km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14585 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 1.98 km NNE of Geyserville, California · 14584 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.67 km W of Cobb, California · 14584 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 1.818 km NNE of Upper Lake, California · 14584 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 2.218 km NNE of Upper Lake, California · 14584 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 1.61 km WSW of Kelseyville, California · 14584 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 1.611 km N of Cloverdale, California · 14584 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 2.86 km W of Cobb, California · 14584 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 1.96 km W of Cobb, California · 14584 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 2.67 km NNE of Hopland, California · 14583 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 1.99 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14583 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 1.86 km W of Cobb, California · 14583 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 2.35 km SW of Cobb, California · 14582 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.98 km E of Lower Lake, California · 14582 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 2.119 km ENE of Brooktrails, California · 14582 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 2.19 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14582 days ago · -1 km deep · 64 km away
  49. 2.26 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14581 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 1.7Northern California · 14579 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 2.015 km N of Princeton, California · 14579 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  52. 1.85 km W of Cobb, California · 14578 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 1.97 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14578 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14578 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 1.65 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14577 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 2.07 km ENE of Clearlake, California · 14576 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 3.15 km W of Cobb, California · 14574 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  58. 1.718 km S of Covelo, California · 14574 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 2.27 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14573 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 1.62 km WNW of Sea Ranch, California · 14573 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 154.

Before

  1. 1.919 km ENE of Potter Valley, California · 14600 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 3.020 km ENE of Potter Valley, California · 14600 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.514 km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14601 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.25 km E of Redwood Valley, California · 14601 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.024 km NNE of Potter Valley, California · 14601 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.15 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14601 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 1.95 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14601 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 1.97 km W of Cobb, California · 14602 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.47 km W of Cobb, California · 14602 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.84 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14602 days ago · -1 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.26 km SSW of Kelseyville, California · 14602 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.44 km WSW of Lakeport, California · 14603 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.26 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14603 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc84708. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:16 AM UTC.