M1.8 earthquake 6km WSW of Belden, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 6km WSW of Belden, CA on Mon, Sep 2, 2019, 12:30 PM PDT (19:30 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 1km WNW of Twain, CA. 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
- 2019-09-02 19:30:43 UTC
- Depth
- 13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.984° N, 121.320° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 118°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.617km NNW of Shingletown, CA · 2589 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.813km W of La Porte, CA · 2589 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.212km W of La Porte, CA · 2588 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.81km WNW of Little Grass Valley, CA · 2588 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.311km NE of Cromberg, CA · 2588 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.112km WSW of La Porte, CA · 2587 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.027km SE of Burney, CA · 2586 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.54km S of East Shore, CA · 2585 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.215km ENE of Willows, CA · 2585 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.820km SE of Burney, CA · 2585 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.94km SSE of Johnsville, CA · 2584 days ago · -2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.43km ESE of Janesville, CA · 2583 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
- 1.910km WSW of Chester, CA · 2583 days ago · -1 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.820km NE of Red Bluff, CA · 2581 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.53 km N of Indian Falls, California · 2578 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.95km WSW of Greenville, CA · 2578 days ago · -2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.710km WSW of Chester, CA · 2578 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.613km W of La Porte, CA · 2576 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.712km W of Loma Rica, CA · 2576 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.716km E of Willows, CA · 2574 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.310km ESE of Taylorsville, CA · 2573 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.312km W of La Porte, CA · 2570 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.67 km SSE of Sierraville, California · 2570 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.63km NE of Almanor, CA · 2570 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.44km ESE of Prattville, CA · 2566 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 1.618km ESE of Willows, CA · 2565 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Sierraville, California · 2561 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.615km SW of Durham, CA · 2559 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.610km SSE of Burney, CA · 2559 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.712km NE of Shingletown, CA · 2558 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.620km NE of Red Bluff, CA · 2555 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.81km WNW of Twain, CA · 2555 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 1.73km N of Almanor, CA · 2552 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.315km NNW of Susanville, CA · 2550 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.58km W of Durham, CA · 2548 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 7
- 1.52km SW of Canyondam, CA · 2547 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.018km SSE of Mineral, CA · 2545 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 2.215km WSW of Chester, CA · 2541 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.115km WSW of Chester, CA · 2541 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.618km SSW of Mineral, CA · 2537 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.823km S of Mineral, CA · 2535 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.58 km ESE of Milford, California · 2533 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.912km SW of Almanor, CA · 2532 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 2.020km NE of Red Bluff, CA · 2590 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.912km W of La Porte, CA · 2590 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.615km SE of Mineral, CA · 2591 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.815km ENE of Mineral, CA · 2592 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.116km NW of Chester, CA · 2592 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.521km SE of Burney, CA · 2594 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.121km SE of Burney, CA · 2594 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.021km SE of Burney, CA · 2594 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.820km NE of Red Bluff, CA · 2596 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.610km ENE of Red Bluff, CA · 2599 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.018km ENE of Red Bluff, CA · 2605 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.822km SE of Burney, CA · 2608 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.98km WNW of Durham, CA · 2611 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.824km SE of Burney, CA · 2611 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.622km SE of Burney, CA · 2612 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.922km SE of Burney, CA · 2612 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.99km SSE of Mineral, CA · 2613 days ago · -1 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.422km SE of Burney, CA · 2613 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.622km SE of Burney, CA · 2613 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.721km SE of Burney, CA · 2613 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73263900. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:18 AM UTC.