M2.3 earthquake 6km W of Cobb, CA
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6km W of Cobb, CA on Thu, Sep 9, 2021, 9:42 AM PDT (16:42 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 3km ESE of Santa Rosa, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-09 16:42:19 UTC
- Depth
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.825° N, 122.794° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 26°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 178 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.76km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1850 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.63km SSE of Redwood Valley, CA · 1850 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.05km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1849 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.714km W of Redwood Valley, CA · 1849 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.55km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1848 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.710km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1847 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.610km WNW of Calistoga, CA · 1845 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.86km W of Allendale, CA · 1845 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.712km SE of Point Arena, CA · 1844 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.83km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 1844 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.01km WNW of Stony Gorge Reservoir, CA · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.45km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1844 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.714km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1843 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.510km W of Redwood Valley, CA · 1843 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.614km NNE of Brooktrails, CA · 1843 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.62km NW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1842 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.913km W of Alder Springs, CA · 1842 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.96km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1842 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.55km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1841 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.09km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1840 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.50km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1840 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.66km NW of Boonville, CA · 1840 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.83km SE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1838 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
- 1.610km NE of Healdsburg, CA · 1838 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.86km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1838 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.63km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
- 1.73km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1837 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.73km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1836 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.71km SSE of Vallejo, CA · 1836 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 481
- 1.63km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1834 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.012km ESE of Boonville, CA · 1834 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.322km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1834 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 1.63km SE of The Geysers, CA · 1833 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.76km SW of Calistoga, CA · 1831 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.91km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1831 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.814km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1831 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.816km NE of Upper Lake, CA · 1830 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.23km ESE of Santa Rosa, CA · 1830 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1,048
- 1.710km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1829 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.71km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
- 1.82km SSW of Cobb, CA · 1829 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.51km E of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.93km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1829 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.51km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.611km NE of Napa, CA · 1828 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.62km N of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.910km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.55km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.59km NE of Santa Rosa, CA · 1828 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.74km W of Cobb, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.73km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.78km W of Cobb, CA · 1827 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.15km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1827 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.810km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1826 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.58km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.28km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.84km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1825 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Yountville, CA · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of 178.
Before
- 2.15km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.87km ENE of Brooktrails, CA · 1852 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1852 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.57km W of Cobb, CA · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.83km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 1.59km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.66km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.07km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1853 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.56km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1853 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 2.31km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1854 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.57km S of Calistoga, CA · 1854 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.62km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1854 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.21km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1854 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.74km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1855 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 199
- 1.74km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1856 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.513km N of Brooktrails, CA · 1856 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.813km WNW of Alder Springs, CA · 1857 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.72km SW of Cobb, CA · 1857 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.92km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1857 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73622701. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:13 AM UTC.