California earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 19km NE of Big Bend, CA

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 19km NE of Big Bend, CA on Mon, Nov 1, 2021, 12:00 AM PDT (07:00 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 12km SE of Mineral, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
2021-11-01 07:00:45 UTC
Depth
3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.114° N, 121.724° 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, 31.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.25
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
135°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.13km NNE of Chester, CA · 1796 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.916km SSE of McCloud, CA · 1796 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.511km NNE of Bella Vista, CA · 1795 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.812km NE of Bella Vista, CA · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.56km SW of Dorris, CA · 1793 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.62km WNW of Shasta Lake, CA · 1789 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.69km S of Mineral, CA · 1779 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.36km ENE of Shasta, CA · 1776 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.93km NE of Viola, CA · 1775 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.612km N of Mineral, CA · 1775 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.77km SSE of Mineral, CA · 1772 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.711km NNE of Bella Vista, CA · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.612km W of Chester, CA · 1772 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.58km SSE of Mineral, CA · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.712km WSW of Chester, CA · 1772 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.99km E of Montgomery Creek, CA · 1765 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 1.713km NNE of Shingletown, CA · 1761 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.71km NE of Shasta Lake, CA · 1760 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.823km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 1760 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.727km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 1758 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 2.221km NE of Viola, CA · 1754 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 1.810km ESE of Millville, CA · 1751 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 2.39km WSW of Shingletown, CA · 1746 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.67km WSW of Shingletown, CA · 1746 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.629 km NW of Susanville, California · 1742 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 2.912km SE of Mineral, CA · 1739 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3

Before

  1. 1.96km NNE of Macdoel, CA · 1799 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.836km SE of Fall River Mills, CA · 1799 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.83km NNE of Chester, CA · 1802 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.13km NNE of Chester, CA · 1802 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.114km ESE of Viola, CA · 1804 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.113km NE of Montgomery Creek, CA · 1805 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.26km NW of Redding, CA · 1810 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.919km SW of Tennant, CA · 1814 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 1.616km N of Shingletown, CA · 1817 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.74km ENE of Shasta, CA · 1822 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.612km SE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1822 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 2.513km SE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1822 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 11
  13. 2.54km ENE of Shasta, CA · 1823 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.110km NNW of Burney, CA · 1824 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 1.84km E of Shasta, CA · 1825 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.74km NW of Bella Vista, CA · 1827 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.12km NW of Bella Vista, CA · 1828 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73647365. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:41 PM UTC.