M1.8 earthquake 15 km NNE of Cleone, California
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 15 km NNE of Cleone, California on Mon, Sep 10, 1990, 3:48 AM PDT (10:48 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 6 km WNW of Covelo, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-09-10 10:48:37 UTC
- Depth
- 0.4 km (0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.614° N, 123.697° W
- Region
- California
- 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 0.8 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 201°, 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: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.620 km NE of Potter Valley, California · 13171 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.05 km ENE of Covelo, California · 13171 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.521 km NW of Covelo, California · 13169 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.56 km ESE of Hopland, California · 13168 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.98 km NE of Brooktrails, California · 13168 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.96 km ESE of Hopland, California · 13168 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.310 km WSW of Manchester, California · 13168 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.76 km SW of Paskenta, California · 13165 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.57 km NW of Brooktrails, California · 13161 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.66 km WNW of Covelo, California · 13160 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.06 km W of Covelo, California · 13160 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.55 km W of Covelo, California · 13160 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.66 km W of Covelo, California · 13160 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.64 km NNW of Laytonville, California · 13160 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.53 km NE of Myers Flat, California · 13157 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.93 km SSE of Calpella, California · 13156 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.913 km SE of Covelo, California · 13156 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Redwood Valley, California · 13155 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.7near the coast of Northern California · 13153 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.022 km NE of Potter Valley, California · 13152 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.16 km W of Laytonville, California · 13151 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.03 km ESE of Benbow, California · 13151 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.55 km W of Covelo, California · 13148 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.812 km N of Brooktrails, California · 13146 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.312 km N of Brooktrails, California · 13145 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.616 km N of Ruth, California · 13144 days ago · 29 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.512 km N of Brooktrails, California · 13144 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.812 km NE of Cleone, California · 13139 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Brooktrails, California · 13137 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.515 km SW of Scotia, California · 13134 days ago · 30 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.119 km E of Potter Valley, California · 13133 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.918 km E of Potter Valley, California · 13133 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.940 km SSW of Ferndale, California · 13132 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.822 km NNE of Upper Lake, California · 13131 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Hopland, California · 13130 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.119 km NW of Shelter Cove, California · 13128 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.510 km N of Cloverdale, California · 13127 days ago · -1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Talmage, California · 13125 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Talmage, California · 13125 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.024 km NE of Potter Valley, California · 13123 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Ferndale, California · 13121 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.95 km W of Laytonville, California · 13121 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.624 km SSW of Scotia, California · 13120 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.84 km NE of Point Arena, California · 13120 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Benbow, California · 13116 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.718 km WSW of Mad River, California · 13116 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.817 km NE of Myers Flat, California · 13115 days ago · -1 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 2.511 km NNE of Redcrest, California · 13174 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.615 km S of Mad River, California · 13174 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.617 km NE of Potter Valley, California · 13174 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.610 km ESE of Willits, California · 13176 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Willits, California · 13176 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.910 km SE of Willits, California · 13177 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.75 km E of Ruth, California · 13178 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.310 km ESE of Willits, California · 13178 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.022 km ENE of Potter Valley, California · 13178 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.19 km ESE of Willits, California · 13179 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.019 km SW of Scotia, California · 13180 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.117 km ENE of Potter Valley, California · 13182 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.8near the coast of Northern California · 13183 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.710 km SE of Boonville, California · 13184 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.915 km SE of Laytonville, California · 13184 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.017 km N of Laytonville, California · 13185 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.37 km N of Hopland, California · 13186 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.27 km N of Hopland, California · 13186 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.74 km NW of Redway, California · 13187 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.913 km SE of Laytonville, California · 13187 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc163939. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC.