M1.6 earthquake 1km ENE of Alameda, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 1km ENE of Alameda, CA on Fri, May 14, 2021, 10:05 AM PDT (17:05 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 3km N of San Lorenzo, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-14 17:05:59 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.769° N, 122.233° 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, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.34
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.54km NW of Dublin, CA · 1969 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.711km W of Bonny Doon, CA · 1967 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.06km S of Calistoga, CA · 1966 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 1.616km NE of Alum Rock, CA · 1966 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.82km ESE of Berkeley, CA · 1965 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.72km ESE of Berkeley, CA · 1965 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.96km SW of Clayton, CA · 1964 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
- 1.66km SE of St. Helena, CA · 1963 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.65km NW of Dublin, CA · 1959 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.25km NW of Dublin, CA · 1959 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 46
- 2.06km WNW of Dublin, CA · 1959 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.25km WNW of Dublin, CA · 1959 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 10
- 2.17km ESE of Roseland, CA · 1959 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16km WNW of Dublin, CA · 1958 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 18
- 1.65km NW of Dublin, CA · 1958 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.95km NW of Dublin, CA · 1957 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.89km E of Blackhawk, CA · 1956 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.010km E of Blackhawk, CA · 1956 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 1.79km NNE of Yountville, CA · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.61km SW of Danville, CA · 1955 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.24km WSW of Daly City, CA · 1954 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 8
- 1.82km ENE of Oakland, CA · 1953 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.42km ENE of Pacheco, CA · 1951 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.67km SW of Los Altos Hills, CA · 1951 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.69km E of Alum Rock, CA · 1949 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1,401
- 1.79km E of Alum Rock, CA · 1949 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.19km E of Alum Rock, CA · 1949 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 31
- 2.49km SE of Livermore, CA · 1947 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.611km WSW of Saratoga, CA · 1947 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.73km N of Piedmont, CA · 1944 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.61km W of Alamo, CA · 1943 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.99km E of Alum Rock, CA · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.77km SSW of Muir Beach, CA · 1941 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.55km NE of Alum Rock, CA · 1937 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 69
- 1.65km NE of Alum Rock, CA · 1937 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.110km ESE of Angwin, CA · 1937 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.614km ESE of Angwin, CA · 1937 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.613km ESE of Angwin, CA · 1936 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.56km WSW of Daly City, CA · 1936 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.512km E of Angwin, CA · 1936 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.912km NE of Milpitas, CA · 1935 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.415km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1935 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.62km ENE of Hayward, CA · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 139
- 1.86km E of Fremont, CA · 1933 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.115km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1932 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.82km ESE of Berkeley, CA · 1931 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.820km SE of Livermore, CA · 1930 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 23
- 2.520km SE of Livermore, CA · 1929 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 8
- 2.03km NE of Portola Valley, CA · 1929 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 1.714km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1927 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.114km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1926 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.816km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1926 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.715km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1926 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.614km E of Angwin, CA · 1925 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.86km ESE of Santa Rosa, CA · 1925 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.93km N of San Lorenzo, CA · 1924 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 12,071 · tsunami flag
- 2.49km NE of San Martin, CA · 1923 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76km SSW of San Ramon, CA · 1923 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 117
- 1.91km NNW of Crockett, CA · 1922 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66km SSW of Calistoga, CA · 1922 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
The first 60 of 76.
Before
- 1.510km NE of San Martin, CA · 1970 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.55km WSW of Lexington Hills, CA · 1972 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.95km W of Glen Ellen, CA · 1973 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.76km SW of Calistoga, CA · 1975 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.312km SW of Muir Beach, CA · 1975 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.91km N of East Richmond Heights, CA · 1975 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.62km W of Concord, CA · 1975 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.315km E of Seven Trees, CA · 1976 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.50km NW of Danville, CA · 1977 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.510km E of Alum Rock, CA · 1977 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 1.64km NNW of Pacifica, CA · 1979 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.11km WNW of Danville, CA · 1981 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
- 2.16km W of Yountville, CA · 1985 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.82km N of Piedmont, CA · 1986 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2,614
- 1.54km SW of Glen Ellen, CA · 1986 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.77km W of Newark, CA · 1987 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.52km N of Piedmont, CA · 1988 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1,284
- 2.515km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1989 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 52
- 3.615km N of Morgan Hill, CA · 1989 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2,036
- 1.83km WSW of Oakley, CA · 1989 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73562505. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:35 PM UTC.