M1.8 earthquake 9km ESE of Willits, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 9km ESE of Willits, CA on Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 11:25 PM PST (07:25 UTC), 5 km (3 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 07:25:33 UTC
- Depth
- 4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.370° N, 123.261° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 161 in the 60 days after this one and 118 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.79km ESE of Willits, CA · 2123 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.810km ESE of Willits, CA · 2123 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.910km ESE of Willits, CA · 2123 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.65km W of Sea Ranch, CA · 2123 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.120km NNE of Rockport, CA · 2122 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.82km NE of The Geysers, CA · 2122 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.020km NNE of Rockport, CA · 2122 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
- 1.56km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2122 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.75km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2122 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.76km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2121 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.312km NNW of Covelo, CA · 2120 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.67km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2120 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.76km W of Cobb, CA · 2120 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.210km ESE of Willits, CA · 2119 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.413km W of Lakeport, CA · 2118 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 9
- 2.21km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2118 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.01km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2118 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.19km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2118 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2118 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.72km NNE of Redwood Valley, CA · 2118 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.710km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2118 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.512km W of Lakeport, CA · 2117 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.812km SE of Laytonville, CA · 2117 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.77km W of Cobb, CA · 2117 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.014km W of Lakeport, CA · 2117 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2117 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.79km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2116 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.59km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2116 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.85km ESE of Boonville, CA · 2116 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.611km SE of Laytonville, CA · 2116 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.62km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 2115 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.76km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2114 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.56km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2114 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.77km W of Cobb, CA · 2113 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.718km ESE of Boonville, CA · 2113 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.018km NE of Sea Ranch, CA · 2112 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.44km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 2112 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 6
- 2.21km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2112 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.610km NNE of Brooktrails, CA · 2112 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.83km S of Cobb, CA · 2111 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.55km NNE of Windsor, CA · 2111 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.63km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2111 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.65km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2110 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.79km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2110 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.82km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2109 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
- 1.87km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2109 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.916km W of Ukiah, CA · 2108 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.02km S of Anderson Springs, CA · 2108 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.712km SE of Laytonville, CA · 2108 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.913km W of Lakeport, CA · 2108 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.84km N of Redwood Valley, CA · 2108 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.66km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2108 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.79km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2108 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.66km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2108 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.211km ESE of Willits, CA · 2107 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.810km ESE of Willits, CA · 2107 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.92km NW of Redway, CA · 2106 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.94km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2105 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.31km E of The Geysers, CA · 2105 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.72km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2105 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 5
The first 60 of 161.
Before
- 2.410km ESE of Willits, CA · 2123 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.810km ESE of Willits, CA · 2123 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 72
- 1.812km SE of Talmage, CA · 2124 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.713km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2125 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.78km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2125 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.613km W of Lakeport, CA · 2125 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 21
- 1.713km W of Lakeport, CA · 2127 days ago · -1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.77km ENE of Cloverdale, CA · 2127 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.513km SE of Talmage, CA · 2127 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.317km S of Shelter Cove, CA · 2127 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.213km SE of Talmage, CA · 2127 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.84km N of Laytonville, CA · 2127 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.813km SE of Talmage, CA · 2127 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 1.518km ESE of Boonville, CA · 2128 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.65km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2128 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 1.913km W of Lakeport, CA · 2128 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.82km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 2128 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.113km W of Lakeport, CA · 2128 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.313km SE of Talmage, CA · 2128 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73496380. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC.