California earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 16km SE of Willows, CA

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 16km SE of Willows, CA on Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 7:51 PM PST (03:51 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 6km WSW of Lower Lake, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
2019-01-08 03:51:16 UTC
Depth
15.8 km (9.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.444° N, 122.039° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
62°
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: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.213km ENE of Redwood Valley, CA · 2827 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.620km NE of Red Bluff, CA · 2827 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.97km W of Cobb, CA · 2827 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.02km E of Hamilton City, CA · 2827 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 1.62km N of The Geysers, CA · 2826 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.62km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2826 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.13km W of Cobb, CA · 2826 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.72km E of The Geysers, CA · 2826 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.815km NW of Alder Springs, CA · 2825 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.310km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2825 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 9
  11. 1.66km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2825 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.55km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2825 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.51km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2825 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.810km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2824 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.63km W of The Geysers, CA · 2824 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.610km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2824 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.910km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2824 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.86km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2824 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.13km SE of The Geysers, CA · 2823 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.96km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2823 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 1.94km W of Cobb, CA · 2823 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.14km W of Cobb, CA · 2823 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
  23. 1.64km W of Cobb, CA · 2823 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 2.28km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2823 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 1.96km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2823 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.112km SW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2823 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2822 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 1.75km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2822 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  29. 1.66km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2822 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 1.52km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 2820 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.95km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2820 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.07km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2819 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.47km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2819 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 40
  34. 1.66km W of Cobb, CA · 2819 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 2.12km SSW of Cobb, CA · 2819 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 23
  36. 1.73km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2818 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 1.97km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2817 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 1.97km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2816 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.913km NNE of Angwin, CA · 2815 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 1.69km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2815 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 1.56km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2814 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 1.63km NE of The Geysers, CA · 2814 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 1.76km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2813 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.56km W of Cobb, CA · 2813 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.02km WSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2813 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.12km NE of The Geysers, CA · 2813 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 1.92km NE of The Geysers, CA · 2813 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.42km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2812 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 8
  49. 1.56km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2812 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 1.76km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2812 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.23km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2811 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 1.73km W of Cobb, CA · 2811 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 1.834km ENE of Covelo, CA · 2810 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.624km NE of Alder Springs, CA · 2810 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 2.03km SSE of The Geysers, CA · 2809 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 2.39km NE of Orland, CA · 2809 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.84km SSE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2808 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
  58. 1.95km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2808 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 1.94km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2808 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2807 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

  1. 1.95km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2827 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.16km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2828 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.22km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 2828 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.43km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2828 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.92km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.64km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2828 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.92km WSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2829 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.87km W of Cobb, CA · 2829 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.821km NE of Red Bluff, CA · 2829 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.91km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2830 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.21km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2830 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.53km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2831 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.86km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2831 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.64km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2831 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.59km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2832 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.319km NE of Red Bluff, CA · 2832 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.19km NW of Hamilton City, CA · 2833 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.27km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2833 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.63km SW of Cobb, CA · 2833 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.17km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2833 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73130946. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:48 AM UTC.