California earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 4 km W of Cobb, California

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 4 km W of Cobb, California on Sun, Dec 27, 1987, 4:52 PM PST (00:52 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 7 km W of Cobb, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
1987-12-28 00:52:45 UTC
Depth
0.2 km (0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.825° N, 122.780° 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, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
73°
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: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.77 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14159 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.87 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14159 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.57 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14159 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.66 km W of Cobb, California · 14159 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.112 km ESE of Angwin, California · 14159 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 14159 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.87 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14159 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.4Northern California · 14158 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 3.14 km W of Cobb, California · 14158 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 1.68 km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14158 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  11. 2.810 km NW of Cobb, California · 14156 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 1.84 km S of Cobb, California · 14156 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.710 km W of Cobb, California · 14155 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.110 km WSW of Williams, California · 14155 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.66 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14154 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.59 km W of Cobb, California · 14154 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 1.79 km W of Cobb, California · 14154 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 2.39 km W of Cobb, California · 14153 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14153 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.69 km N of Cloverdale, California · 14153 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 1.76 km W of Cobb, California · 14153 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 1.87 km W of Cobb, California · 14153 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 1.710 km W of Cobb, California · 14152 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 1.82 km NE of Santa Rosa, California · 14152 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 1.510 km NNE of Cloverdale, California · 14152 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  26. 1.96 km SW of Cobb, California · 14152 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 1.69 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14152 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 1.56 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14152 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 1.86 km W of Cobb, California · 14151 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 2.07 km W of Cobb, California · 14151 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 1.79 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14151 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 1.79 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14150 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 1.79 km W of Cobb, California · 14150 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 2.08 km W of Cobb, California · 14150 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 1.811 km SW of Kelseyville, California · 14149 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 1.88 km W of Cobb, California · 14149 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 1.75 km W of Cobb, California · 14149 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 1.54 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14149 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 1.86 km WNW of Cobb, California · 14148 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  40. 1.96 km W of Cobb, California · 14148 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 1.94 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14147 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 1.86 km SW of Cobb, California · 14147 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 2.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14147 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  44. 2.27 km WNW of Princeton, California · 14147 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 1.64 km WNW of Cobb, California · 14147 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  46. 2.17 km W of Cobb, California · 14147 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  47. 1.95 km SSW of Cobb, California · 14146 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 2.46 km W of Cobb, California · 14146 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 2.217 km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14146 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  50. 1.917 km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, California · 14146 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 2.47 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14145 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 1.67 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14145 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  53. 1.86 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14145 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 2.16 km SSW of Cobb, California · 14145 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 1.86 km WNW of Cobb, California · 14144 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 1.616 km ENE of Angwin, CA · 14144 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 1.77 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14144 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 1.78 km W of Cobb, California · 14144 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 1.65 km WNW of Cobb, California · 14144 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  60. 1.65 km SSW of Cobb, California · 14143 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of 173.

Before

  1. 1.75 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14161 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.68 km W of Cobb, California · 14161 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.89 km W of Cobb, California · 14161 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.17 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14162 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.75 km SSW of Cobb, California · 14162 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.14 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14162 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.68 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14162 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 1.67 km ENE of Larkfield-Wikiup, California · 14162 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 1.85 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14163 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.55 km SSW of Cobb, California · 14163 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 1.85 km SW of Cobb, California · 14164 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.08 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14165 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.6Northern California · 14165 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 1.66 km W of Cobb, California · 14165 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.02 km E of Cobb, California · 14168 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 1.96 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14168 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.55 km SW of Cobb, California · 14168 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 1.86 km WSW of Cobb, California · 14169 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 1.79 km W of Cobb, California · 14170 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 1.66 km S of Cobb, California · 14170 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1154523. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:50 PM UTC.