M1.8 earthquake 2km SSW of Bodega Bay, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 2km SSW of Bodega Bay, CA on Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 1:17 AM PDT (08:17 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 4km ENE of Talmage, 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
- 2021-08-19 08:17:27 UTC
- Depth
- 10.7 km (6.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.315° N, 123.058° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 198°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 148 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.82km SSW of Bodega Bay, CA · 1872 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.12km SSW of Bodega Bay, CA · 1872 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.74km SSE of The Geysers, CA · 1871 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.41km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1871 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.911km SW of The Geysers, CA · 1871 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.511km SW of The Geysers, CA · 1870 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.86km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1870 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.28km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1868 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.64km SW of Colma, CA · 1868 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.82km NW of Pacifica, CA · 1867 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 2.07km W of Calistoga, CA · 1867 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 8
- 1.98km WNW of Point Arena, CA · 1866 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.77km WSW of St. Helena, CA · 1866 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.611km NE of Napa, CA · 1866 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.43km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 1865 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.44km S of Talmage, CA · 1865 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7
- 2.510km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1864 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.65km W of Cobb, CA · 1864 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.53km ESE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1863 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 122
- 1.57km WSW of St. Helena, CA · 1863 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.14km S of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1863 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
- 1.91km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1863 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1863 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.59km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1862 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.97km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1862 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.73km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1861 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
- 2.23km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1861 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.93km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1861 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.63km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1861 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.91km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 1861 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.95km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1861 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.16km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1861 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.73km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 1860 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.810km NNE of Windsor, CA · 1860 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.04km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1859 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 122
- 1.88km NNE of Black Point-Green Point, CA · 1859 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.512km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1859 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.610km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1859 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.69km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1859 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.73km SW of Angwin, CA · 1858 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.77km W of Cobb, CA · 1858 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.84km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1857 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 316
- 1.92km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1857 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.72km SW of Cobb, CA · 1857 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.74km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1856 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.74km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1855 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 199
- 1.71km N of Bolinas, CA · 1855 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.21km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1854 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.62km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1854 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.57km S of Calistoga, CA · 1854 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.31km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1854 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.17km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1853 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1853 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.66km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.59km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.83km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57km W of Cobb, CA · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1852 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.15km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 148.
Before
- 1.62km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 1873 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.75km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1874 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.512km ESE of Angwin, CA · 1874 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
- 1.513km E of Angwin, CA · 1874 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.413km NE of Yountville, CA · 1875 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1875 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.46km N of Cobb, CA · 1876 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 10
- 1.58km SW of Calistoga, CA · 1877 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1877 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.67km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1878 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 1.61km NE of Berkeley, CA · 1879 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.32km WNW of Tomales, CA · 1879 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 17
- 1.612km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA · 1879 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.73km E of The Geysers, CA · 1880 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.84km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1880 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.810km NE of Napa, CA · 1880 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.88km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1881 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.88km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1881 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.01km NNW of Pleasant Hill, CA · 1881 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 12
- 2.212km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA · 1881 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73611876. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC.