M1.9 earthquake 14km ENE of Willows, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 14km ENE of Willows, CA on Wed, Apr 3, 2019, 9:40 PM PDT (04:40 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 21km SE of Covelo, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-04 04:40:21 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.560° N, 122.036° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.77km ENE of Durham, CA · 2735 days ago · 18 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.610km SW of Shingletown, CA · 2731 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 1.811km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA · 2727 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.76km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2727 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.36km SW of Upper Lake, CA · 2725 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69km SSE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2725 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.520km NE of Red Bluff, CA · 2724 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.86km E of Durham, CA · 2719 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.421km SE of Covelo, CA · 2712 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.721km SE of Covelo, CA · 2712 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.621km SE of Covelo, CA · 2703 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.84km ESE of Palermo, CA · 2703 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.816km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2702 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.813km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2701 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.916km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2699 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.817km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2698 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.16km NNE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA · 2697 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 1.813km WNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2692 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.22km ENE of Belden, CA · 2684 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.715km NNE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2683 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 2.76km ENE of Durham, CA · 2745 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
- 2.113km WSW of Chester, CA · 2750 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.011km NE of Alder Springs, CA · 2752 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.622km NW of Alder Springs, CA · 2761 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.516km SW of Manton, CA · 2766 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.215km SW of Manton, CA · 2767 days ago · -1 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73160780. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC.