M1.5 earthquake 5km NNE of Clearlake, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 5km NNE of Clearlake, CA on Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 7:36 AM PST (15:36 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 1km NE of The Geysers, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-14 15:36:43 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.994° N, 122.600° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.55km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1756 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.87km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1756 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.68km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1755 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 1.63km E of The Geysers, CA · 1755 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.020km ESE of Navarro Head, CA · 1755 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.73km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 1755 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.516km E of Mendocino, CA · 1753 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.05km W of Cobb, CA · 1753 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.00km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1752 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.57km W of Cobb, CA · 1752 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.66km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA · 1752 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.18km W of Cobb, CA · 1752 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1752 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.210km ESE of Willits, CA · 1752 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1749 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.51km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1749 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.59km S of Boonville, CA · 1749 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.14km E of Redwood Valley, CA · 1748 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74km E of Redwood Valley, CA · 1748 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.720km ESE of Navarro Head, CA · 1748 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1748 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.71km N of The Geysers, CA · 1748 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.513km SE of Talmage, CA · 1748 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 8
- 1.86km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1747 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.55km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1747 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.54km SE of Clearlake Oaks, CA · 1746 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.89km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1746 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.64km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1746 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.010km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1746 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67km NE of Willits, CA · 1746 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.19km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1746 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.23km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1745 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.56km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1745 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.46km WNW of North Lakeport, CA · 1743 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 1.512km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1743 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.55km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1743 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.73km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 1742 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.23km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1742 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.63km SSE of The Geysers, CA · 1742 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.52km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 1741 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.57km NW of Cobb, CA · 1741 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
- 1.75km NE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.713km SE of Laytonville, CA · 1740 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.410km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1740 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.56km W of Kenwood, CA · 1739 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1739 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.86km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1738 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.72km E of The Geysers, CA · 1738 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 6
- 1.65km NE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1738 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.01km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1738 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.918km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1738 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.81km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1737 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1737 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.57km ENE of Brooktrails, CA · 1737 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.89km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1735 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
- 2.39km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1735 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.215km ENE of Willows, CA · 1735 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.61km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1735 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.88km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1735 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.13km SE of The Geysers, CA · 1735 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
The first 60 of 165.
Before
- 1.71km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1757 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.97km WSW of The Geysers, CA · 1757 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.510km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1757 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.74km W of Cobb, CA · 1757 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.63km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1758 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.67km W of Cobb, CA · 1759 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.97km W of Cobb, CA · 1759 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.74km NNW of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1759 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.62km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1759 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.18km SW of Calistoga, CA · 1760 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.212km N of Brooktrails, CA · 1760 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.712km N of Brooktrails, CA · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.57km SW of Calistoga, CA · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 30
- 1.59km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1760 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.72km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 1761 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.04km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1761 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.514km E of Boonville, CA · 1761 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.81km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1761 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.61km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1762 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.53km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1763 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73663616. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:59 AM UTC.