M1.7 earthquake 6km SW of Calistoga, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6km SW of Calistoga, CA on Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 6:00 PM PDT (01:00 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-29 01:00:09 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.536° N, 122.620° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 182 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.91km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1831 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.814km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1831 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.816km NE of Upper Lake, CA · 1830 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.23km ESE of Santa Rosa, CA · 1830 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1,048
- 2.71km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 1.82km SSW of Cobb, CA · 1829 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.51km E of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.93km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1829 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.51km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.611km NE of Napa, CA · 1828 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.03km N of San Leandro, CA · 1828 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 860
- 1.62km N of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.910km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.55km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.59km NE of Santa Rosa, CA · 1828 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.74km W of Cobb, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.43km N of San Leandro, CA · 1827 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1,793
- 1.53km N of San Leandro, CA · 1827 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 14
- 1.73km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.78km W of Cobb, CA · 1827 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.15km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1827 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.85km SW of San Francisco Zoo, CA · 1826 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.810km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1826 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.58km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.28km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.84km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1825 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.82km SE of Pacheco, CA · 1824 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.95km SW of Pacheco, CA · 1824 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16km SSW of Yountville, CA · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
- 1.69km W of Cobb, CA · 1824 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Moraga, CA · 1823 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
- 1.713km SSE of Point Arena, CA · 1822 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.89km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1822 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.14km WSW of Alamo, CA · 1822 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 1.97km W of Cobb, CA · 1822 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64km SSW of San Francisco Zoo, CA · 1822 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1822 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.69km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1821 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.91km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1821 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1820 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 2.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1820 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 7
- 1.73km N of The Geysers, CA · 1820 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.98km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1819 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.71km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.82km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.62km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.97km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.112km SE of Talmage, CA · 1818 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.13km WNW of Crockett, CA · 1818 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
- 1.910km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1817 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.74km W of Cobb, CA · 1817 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.914km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1817 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.35km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1817 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1816 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 1.811km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA · 1816 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.59km NE of Cloverdale, CA · 1816 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010km NNE of Angwin, CA · 1815 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.510km N of Cloverdale, CA · 1815 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.014km N of Cloverdale, CA · 1814 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 43
The first 60 of 182.
Before
- 1.63km SE of The Geysers, CA · 1833 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.012km ESE of Boonville, CA · 1834 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.63km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1834 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.71km SSE of Vallejo, CA · 1836 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 481
- 1.81km WNW of Walnut Creek, CA · 1836 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 1.73km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1836 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.73km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1837 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.63km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
- 1.86km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1838 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.610km NE of Healdsburg, CA · 1838 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.83km SE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1838 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
- 1.66km NW of Boonville, CA · 1840 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.50km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1840 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.09km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1840 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.55km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1841 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.96km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1842 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.62km NW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1842 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.714km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1843 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73630686. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:56 AM UTC.