M1.6 earthquake 6km NW of Boonville, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6km NW of Boonville, CA on Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 9:23 PM PDT (04:23 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 19km NW of Covelo, 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
- 2021-09-20 04:23:57 UTC
- Depth
- -0.5 km (-0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.046° N, 123.423° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 183 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.83km SE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1839 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
- 1.610km NE of Healdsburg, CA · 1839 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.86km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1839 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.63km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1838 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
- 1.73km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1838 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.73km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1837 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.16km SW of Laytonville, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.63km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1835 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.012km ESE of Boonville, CA · 1835 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.322km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1835 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 1.63km SE of The Geysers, CA · 1834 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.76km SW of Calistoga, CA · 1832 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.91km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1832 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.814km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1832 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.816km NE of Upper Lake, CA · 1831 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.23km ESE of Santa Rosa, CA · 1831 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1,048
- 1.710km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1830 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.71km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1830 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 1.82km SSW of Cobb, CA · 1830 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.51km E of The Geysers, CA · 1830 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.93km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1830 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.51km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.62km N of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.910km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.314km SE of Rockport, CA · 1829 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.55km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.59km NE of Santa Rosa, CA · 1829 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.74km W of Cobb, CA · 1829 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.73km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1828 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.78km W of Cobb, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.15km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.810km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1827 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.58km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1826 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.28km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1826 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.84km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1826 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.69km W of Cobb, CA · 1824 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.912km SE of Covelo, CA · 1824 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.010km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.713km SSE of Point Arena, CA · 1823 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.89km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1823 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.97km W of Cobb, CA · 1823 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1823 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.69km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1822 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.66km NE of Willits, CA · 1822 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.91km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1822 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1821 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 2.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1821 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
- 1.73km N of The Geysers, CA · 1821 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.811km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1820 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.111km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1820 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.98km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1819 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.011km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1819 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.71km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1819 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.82km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1819 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.62km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1819 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1819 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.97km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1819 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.112km SE of Talmage, CA · 1819 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
The first 60 of 183.
Before
- 1.50km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1841 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.09km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1841 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.55km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1842 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.96km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1843 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.913km W of Alder Springs, CA · 1843 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.62km NW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1843 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.614km NNE of Brooktrails, CA · 1843 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.510km W of Redwood Valley, CA · 1844 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.714km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1844 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.45km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1844 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.01km WNW of Stony Gorge Reservoir, CA · 1845 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.83km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 1845 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.712km SE of Point Arena, CA · 1845 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.610km WNW of Calistoga, CA · 1846 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.55km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1849 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.58km NNW of Laytonville, CA · 1849 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.714km W of Redwood Valley, CA · 1849 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.38km NW of Laytonville, CA · 1850 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.422km N of Laytonville, CA · 1850 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73626956. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:41 AM UTC.