M1.7 earthquake 7km SW of Boonville, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7km SW of Boonville, CA on Tue, Mar 2, 2021, 12:44 PM PST (20:44 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 21km SSW of Willits, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-02 20:44:38 UTC
- Depth
- -0.2 km (-0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.965° N, 123.426° 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, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 185 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.317km NNW of Laytonville, CA · 2041 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.08km W of Cobb, CA · 2040 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63km SSW of Cobb, CA · 2040 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.16km WSW of St. Helena, CA · 2040 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 234
- 1.85km SSW of Redwood Valley, CA · 2040 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.75km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2039 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.013km W of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2039 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.64km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2038 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 2.74km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2038 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.34km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2038 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.75km WNW of Angwin, CA · 2038 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.99km NNE of Brooktrails, CA · 2038 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.52km E of The Geysers, CA · 2037 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.611km ESE of Willits, CA · 2037 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 19
- 1.520km SSW of Willits, CA · 2037 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2036 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.810km ESE of Willits, CA · 2036 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.53km W of Cobb, CA · 2036 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.06km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2034 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.72km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2034 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2034 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.65km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2033 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.13km W of Cobb, CA · 2032 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.86km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2032 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.018km NE of Upper Lake, CA · 2032 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.818km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.910km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 2031 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.88km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2031 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.822km SE of Covelo, CA · 2030 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.810km ESE of Willits, CA · 2030 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.910km ESE of Willits, CA · 2027 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.613km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2026 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.27km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2025 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.713km W of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2025 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
- 1.911km N of Healdsburg, CA · 2024 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.89km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2024 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.81km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 2023 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.95km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2023 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.013km WNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2023 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.522km E of Navarro Head, CA · 2022 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.97km W of Cobb, CA · 2022 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.73km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2021 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 2021 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.39km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2021 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.24km W of Cobb, CA · 2021 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.24km W of Cobb, CA · 2021 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.24km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2021 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.84km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2021 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.75km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2020 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.86km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2020 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.021km SSW of Willits, CA · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 126
- 2.821km SSW of Willits, CA · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 13
- 1.620km SSW of Willits, CA · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.94km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2019 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.410km SE of Willits, CA · 2019 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 1.610km SE of Laytonville, CA · 2018 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.26km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2018 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.76km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2018 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.54km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2018 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.96km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2018 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of 185.
Before
- 2.93km SE of The Geysers, CA · 2042 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
- 2.52km SE of The Geysers, CA · 2042 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.210km N of Cloverdale, CA · 2043 days ago · -1 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.65km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2043 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.35km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2043 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
- 2.11km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 2043 days ago · -1 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.01km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 2043 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.81km NE of The Geysers, CA · 2043 days ago · -1 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2044 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
- 1.65km ENE of Laytonville, CA · 2045 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.88km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2045 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.213km WNW of Calistoga, CA · 2045 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2046 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.67km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2046 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.36km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.27km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2047 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.87km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2047 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 46
- 1.52km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2048 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.94km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2048 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.14km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2048 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73530426. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:53 AM UTC.