M1.8 earthquake 6km W of Allendale, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 6km W of Allendale, CA on Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 10:42 PM PDT (05:42 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 3km N of San Leandro, 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
- 2021-09-15 05:42:47 UTC
- Depth
- 20.9 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.449° N, 122.010° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 171 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.83km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 1844 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.45km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1844 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.62km NW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1842 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.55km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1841 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.16km WNW of Dublin, CA · 1841 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 379
- 1.56km WNW of Dublin, CA · 1841 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.65km NW of Dublin, CA · 1840 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.09km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1840 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.50km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1840 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.53km NNW of Union City, CA · 1839 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.83km SE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1838 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
- 1.610km NE of Healdsburg, CA · 1838 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.75km NW of Dublin, CA · 1838 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.63km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 1.73km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1837 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1836 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1836 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.73km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1836 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.85km WNW of Dublin, CA · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.81km WNW of Walnut Creek, CA · 1836 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 2.71km SSE of Vallejo, CA · 1836 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 481
- 2.12km E of Hayward, CA · 1835 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 22
- 1.63km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1834 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.63km SE of The Geysers, CA · 1833 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.76km SW of Calistoga, CA · 1831 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.91km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1831 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.23km ESE of Santa Rosa, CA · 1830 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1,048
- 2.71km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 1.82km SSW of Cobb, CA · 1829 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.51km E of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.93km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1829 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.51km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.611km NE of Napa, CA · 1828 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.03km N of San Leandro, CA · 1828 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 860
- 1.62km N of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.910km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.55km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.59km NE of Santa Rosa, CA · 1828 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.74km W of Cobb, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.43km N of San Leandro, CA · 1827 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1,793
- 1.53km N of San Leandro, CA · 1827 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 14
- 1.78km W of Cobb, CA · 1827 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.15km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1827 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.85km SW of San Francisco Zoo, CA · 1826 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.810km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1826 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.70km N of Byron, CA · 1826 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 48
- 1.58km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.28km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.84km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1825 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.61km S of Blackhawk, CA · 1825 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.82km SE of Pacheco, CA · 1824 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.95km SW of Pacheco, CA · 1824 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16km SSW of Yountville, CA · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
- 1.69km W of Cobb, CA · 1824 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Moraga, CA · 1823 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
- 1.89km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1822 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.14km WSW of Alamo, CA · 1822 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 1.97km W of Cobb, CA · 1822 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64km SSW of San Francisco Zoo, CA · 1822 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1822 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of 171.
Before
- 1.610km WNW of Calistoga, CA · 1845 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.81km NW of Diablo, CA · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.55km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1848 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.73km ESE of Pacheco, CA · 1849 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.76km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1850 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.76km WNW of Dublin, CA · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 2.36km W of Cobb, CA · 1851 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.15km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1852 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.57km W of Cobb, CA · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.83km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.59km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.66km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.07km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1853 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.56km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1853 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.31km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1854 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.57km S of Calistoga, CA · 1854 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.62km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1854 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.21km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1854 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73625031. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:55 AM UTC.