M1.7 earthquake 17km ENE of Willows, CA

Magnitude

1.7 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Sat, Mar 3, 2018, 11:58 AM PST

UTC

2018-03-03 19:58:33 UTC

Depth

23.5 km (14.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

39.568° N, 122.001° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.26

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

65°

Stations used

19

• Willows, CaliforniaPopulation 6,069. Forecast17 kmENE
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast23 kmSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast698 kmNNW

After

1. 1.812km S of Hamilton City, CASat, Mar 3, 7:44 PM PST · 3137 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
2. 1.515km SW of Chester, CASun, Mar 4, 11:07 PM PST · 3136 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
3. 1.621km WSW of Manton, CAMon, Mar 5, 1:18 AM PST · 3136 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
4. 1.911km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, CAMon, Mar 5, 6:37 PM PST · 3135 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
5. 1.79km NNE of Clearlake, CAMon, Mar 5, 7:56 PM PST · 3135 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
6. 1.520km SE of Anderson, CAMon, Mar 5, 9:48 PM PST · 3135 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
7. 1.610km NE of Hidden Valley Lake, CATue, Mar 6, 11:08 AM PST · 3135 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
8. 2.513km SSE of Lake Pillsbury, CAThu, Mar 8, 8:21 PM PST · 3132 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
9. 1.610km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, CASun, Mar 11, 10:56 PM PDT · 3129 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
10. 1.66km W of Almanor, CAMon, Mar 12, 4:39 AM PDT · 3129 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
11. 1.68km W of Upper Lake, CAWed, Mar 14, 7:13 PM PDT · 3126 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
12. 1.52km ESE of Clearlake, CAThu, Mar 15, 7:12 PM PDT · 3125 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
13. 2.019km WSW of Williams, CASat, Mar 17, 9:04 AM PDT · 3124 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
14. 1.619km NE of Upper Lake, CASun, Mar 18, 6:22 AM PDT · 3123 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
15. 1.75km E of Lake Pillsbury, CATue, Mar 20, 1:07 AM PDT · 3121 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
16. 1.610km SSE of Lake Pillsbury, CAThu, Mar 22, 10:45 PM PDT · 3118 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
17. 2.04km NE of Lake Pillsbury, CAThu, Mar 22, 11:18 PM PDT · 3118 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
18. 2.413km ESE of Mineral, CAFri, Mar 23, 9:56 PM PDT · 3117 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
19. 1.818km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CASun, Mar 25, 2:21 PM PDT · 3116 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
20. 1.63km NNE of Belden, CASun, Mar 25, 2:42 PM PDT · 3116 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
21. 1.917km ENE of Willows, CASun, Mar 25, 4:48 PM PDT · 3115 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
22. 1.815km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CATue, Mar 27, 3:07 AM PDT · 3114 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
23. 2.219km ENE of Clearlake, CATue, Mar 27, 7:24 PM PDT · 3113 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
24. 1.519km NNE of Red Bluff, CATue, Mar 27, 9:52 PM PDT · 3113 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
25. 1.61km SSW of Almanor, CAThu, Mar 29, 12:29 AM PDT · 3112 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
26. 1.617km NNE of Nice, CAThu, Mar 29, 5:55 AM PDT · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
27. 1.96km NNE of Hamilton City, CAFri, Mar 30, 8:35 AM PDT · 3111 days ago · 15 km deep · 24 km away
28. 1.617km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CAFri, Mar 30, 4:13 PM PDT · 3110 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
29. 1.718km NE of Red Bluff, CASat, Mar 31, 6:52 PM PDT · 3109 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
30. 1.92km ESE of Twain, CAMon, Apr 2, 9:11 PM PDT · 3107 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
31. 1.79km E of Hidden Valley Lake, CATue, Apr 3, 4:23 AM PDT · 3107 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
32. 1.724km NW of Alder Springs, CATue, Apr 3, 1:56 PM PDT · 3107 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
33. 1.612km S of Lake Pillsbury, CAWed, Apr 4, 11:12 PM PDT · 3105 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
34. 1.813km SSW of Lake Pillsbury, CAWed, Apr 4, 11:35 PM PDT · 3105 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
35. 1.516km E of Hidden Valley Lake, CAThu, Apr 5, 9:29 PM PDT · 3104 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
36. 2.816km WNW of Lake Pillsbury, CASun, Apr 8, 9:48 AM PDT · 3102 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
37. 1.99km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CATue, Apr 10, 6:04 AM PDT · 3100 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
38. 1.69km SW of Shingletown, CATue, Apr 10, 11:02 AM PDT · 3100 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
39. 1.716km WNW of Lake Pillsbury, CAWed, Apr 11, 4:49 AM PDT · 3099 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
40. 2.410km E of Hidden Valley Lake, CAWed, Apr 11, 11:24 PM PDT · 3098 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
41. 1.64km SSE of Soda Bay, CASat, Apr 14, 6:36 AM PDT · 3096 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
42. 1.54km N of Upper Lake, CAMon, Apr 16, 10:13 AM PDT · 3094 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
43. 1.612km WSW of Shingletown, CAThu, Apr 19, 3:39 PM PDT · 3091 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
44. 1.88km E of Clearlake Oaks, CAThu, Apr 19, 4:14 PM PDT · 3090 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
45. 1.97km E of Clearlake Oaks, CAThu, Apr 19, 4:17 PM PDT · 3090 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
46. 2.98km E of Clearlake Oaks, CAThu, Apr 19, 4:18 PM PDT · 3090 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
47. 1.639km NE of Covelo, CASat, Apr 21, 6:24 AM PDT · 3089 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
48. 1.76km E of Clearlake Oaks, CATue, Apr 24, 10:32 PM PDT · 3085 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
49. 1.619km NNW of Alder Springs, CAWed, Apr 25, 8:08 AM PDT · 3085 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
50. 1.816km WSW of Almanor, CAWed, Apr 25, 5:33 PM PDT · 3084 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
51. 2.037km WNW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CAThu, Apr 26, 4:17 AM PDT · 3084 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
52. 1.632km NNW of Alder Springs, CASun, Apr 29, 2:51 PM PDT · 3081 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
53. 1.59km W of Mineral, CASun, Apr 29, 8:32 PM PDT · 3080 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
54. 1.67km N of Lake Pillsbury, CASun, Apr 29, 11:08 PM PDT · 3080 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
55. 1.88km SW of South Yuba City, CAWed, May 2, 9:49 AM PDT · 3078 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away

Before

1. 1.534km WNW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CAWed, Feb 28, 9:48 AM PST · 3141 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
2. 1.919km NE of Upper Lake, CATue, Feb 27, 5:10 PM PST · 3141 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
3. 1.916km S of Hamilton City, CAMon, Feb 26, 4:06 PM PST · 3142 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
4. 2.316km S of Hamilton City, CAMon, Feb 26, 3:23 PM PST · 3142 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
5. 1.937km W of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CAMon, Feb 26, 9:52 AM PST · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
6. 1.738km NNW of Alder Springs, CAMon, Feb 26, 5:46 AM PST · 3143 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
7. 1.928km NW of Alder Springs, CASat, Feb 24, 9:47 PM PST · 3144 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
8. 2.441km NE of Covelo, CASat, Feb 24, 5:08 AM PST · 3145 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
9. 1.713km S of Lake Pillsbury, CAFri, Feb 23, 5:14 PM PST · 3145 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
10. 1.619km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CAThu, Feb 22, 2:15 PM PST · 3147 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
11. 1.67km E of Clearlake Oaks, CAWed, Feb 21, 8:54 AM PST · 3148 days ago · -1 km deep · 78 km away
12. 1.917km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CAWed, Feb 21, 4:14 AM PST · 3148 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
13. 1.815km NE of Woodland, CAThu, Feb 15, 10:12 AM PST · 3154 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
14. 1.612km SSE of Willows, CAWed, Feb 14, 11:25 PM PST · 3154 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
15. 2.08km NNE of Clearlake, CAWed, Feb 14, 10:04 PM PST · 3154 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
16. 1.932km NNW of Alder Springs, CATue, Feb 13, 10:54 AM PST · 3156 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
17. 1.610km SSE of Hamilton City, CATue, Feb 13, 8:26 AM PST · 3156 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
18. 2.216km WNW of Lake Pillsbury, CATue, Feb 13, 8:19 AM PST · 3156 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
19. 1.632km NNW of Alder Springs, CATue, Feb 13, 3:54 AM PST · 3156 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
20. 1.819km ESE of Anderson, CASat, Feb 10, 3:52 AM PST · 3159 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc72978596. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC.