M1.8 earthquake 12km SE of Talmage, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 12km SE of Talmage, CA on Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 6:40 PM PST (02:40 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 9km WNW of Cobb, 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
- 2020-12-11 02:40:44 UTC
- Depth
- 3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.050° N, 123.080° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 113 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.810km ESE of Willits, CA · 2123 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 72
- 2.410km ESE of Willits, CA · 2123 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.89km ESE of Willits, CA · 2123 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.79km ESE of Willits, CA · 2123 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.810km ESE of Willits, CA · 2123 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.910km ESE of Willits, CA · 2123 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.65km W of Sea Ranch, CA · 2123 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.82km NE of The Geysers, CA · 2122 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.56km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2122 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.75km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2122 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.76km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2121 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.312km NNW of Covelo, CA · 2120 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.67km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2120 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.76km W of Cobb, CA · 2120 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.210km ESE of Willits, CA · 2119 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.413km W of Lakeport, CA · 2118 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 9
- 2.21km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2118 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.01km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2118 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.19km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2118 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2118 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.72km NNE of Redwood Valley, CA · 2118 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.710km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2118 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.512km W of Lakeport, CA · 2117 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.812km SE of Laytonville, CA · 2117 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.77km W of Cobb, CA · 2117 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.014km W of Lakeport, CA · 2117 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2116 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.79km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2116 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.59km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2116 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.85km ESE of Boonville, CA · 2116 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.611km SE of Laytonville, CA · 2116 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.62km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 2115 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.76km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2114 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.56km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2114 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.77km W of Cobb, CA · 2113 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.718km ESE of Boonville, CA · 2113 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.018km NE of Sea Ranch, CA · 2112 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.44km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 2112 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
- 2.21km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2112 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.610km NNE of Brooktrails, CA · 2112 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.83km S of Cobb, CA · 2111 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.55km NNE of Windsor, CA · 2111 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.63km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2111 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.65km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2110 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.79km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2110 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.82km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2109 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
- 1.87km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2109 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.916km W of Ukiah, CA · 2108 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.02km S of Anderson Springs, CA · 2108 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.712km SE of Laytonville, CA · 2108 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.913km W of Lakeport, CA · 2108 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.84km N of Redwood Valley, CA · 2108 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.66km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2108 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.79km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2108 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.66km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2107 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.211km ESE of Willits, CA · 2107 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.810km ESE of Willits, CA · 2107 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.94km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2105 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.31km E of The Geysers, CA · 2105 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.72km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2105 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
The first 60 of 169.
Before
- 1.713km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2124 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.78km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2125 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.613km W of Lakeport, CA · 2125 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 21
- 1.713km W of Lakeport, CA · 2127 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.77km ENE of Cloverdale, CA · 2127 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.513km SE of Talmage, CA · 2127 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.213km SE of Talmage, CA · 2127 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.84km N of Laytonville, CA · 2127 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.813km SE of Talmage, CA · 2127 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.518km ESE of Boonville, CA · 2128 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.65km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2128 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 1.913km W of Lakeport, CA · 2128 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.82km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 2128 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.113km W of Lakeport, CA · 2128 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.313km SE of Talmage, CA · 2128 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
- 4.413km W of Lakeport, CA · 2128 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1,174 · tsunami flag
- 1.614km SSE of Covelo, CA · 2129 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.68km WSW of Covelo, CA · 2129 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.910km ESE of Willits, CA · 2130 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73496255. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:55 PM UTC.