California earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 16km E of Willows, CA

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16km E of Willows, CA on Wed, Nov 11, 2020, 10:10 AM PST (18:10 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 15km E of Willows, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
2020-11-11 18:10:54 UTC
Depth
16.5 km (10.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.538° N, 122.013° 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, 2.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
119°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.77km NNW of Belden, CA · 2153 days ago · -2 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.97km SE of Lower Lake, CA · 2152 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.618km NE of Upper Lake, CA · 2144 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.16km NW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2134 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.020km SSW of Manton, CA · 2126 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.713km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2125 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.916km NW of Biggs, CA · 2124 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 1.98km WNW of Caribou, CA · 2109 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.915km E of Willows, CA · 2108 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 624
  10. 2.216km E of Willows, CA · 2108 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 45
  11. 1.710km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA · 2103 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.78km WSW of Upper Lake, CA · 2102 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 2.46km SSE of Challenge-Brownsville, CA · 2155 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 290
  2. 2.06km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2157 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.66km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2157 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.820km NE of Red Bluff, CA · 2158 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.718km NE of Red Bluff, CA · 2158 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.341km NE of Covelo, CA · 2162 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.113km ESE of Willows, CA · 2164 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.937km NE of Covelo, CA · 2166 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.710km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA · 2166 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.618km NNE of Nice, CA · 2167 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.619km NW of Storrie, CA · 2171 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.77km W of Clearlake, CA · 2171 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
  13. 1.511km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA · 2174 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.813km W of Williams, CA · 2175 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.42km ENE of Gerber, CA · 2177 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.511km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA · 2179 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.08km ESE of Challenge-Brownsville, CA · 2180 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73480511. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC.