M1.9 earthquake 11km N of Covelo, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 11km N of Covelo, CA on Sun, May 23, 2021, 11:00 PM PDT (06:00 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 4km SSE of Redwood Valley, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-24 06:00:48 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.889° N, 123.248° 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, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- 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: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.611km NNE of Boonville, CA · 1959 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.52km WNW of Laytonville, CA · 1959 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.810km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1958 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.012km WNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1958 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.94km SSE of Redwood Valley, CA · 1957 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 232
- 1.635km E of Hydesville, CA · 1956 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.717km E of Petrolia, CA · 1956 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.915km N of Brooktrails, CA · 1956 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.719km SW of Laytonville, CA · 1956 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.78km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1954 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.69km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1954 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.67km E of Willits, CA · 1954 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.710km SW of Ukiah, CA · 1954 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.27km E of Willits, CA · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.89km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1951 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.86km E of Willits, CA · 1951 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.130km NE of Redway, CA · 1950 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.94km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1950 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.012km WNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1949 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.98km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1946 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.516km E of Navarro Head, CA · 1946 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.96km SSE of Redwood Valley, CA · 1946 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.95km SSE of Redwood Valley, CA · 1946 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.132km W of Hayfork, CA · 1945 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.910km SE of Willits, CA · 1944 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.510km SE of Willits, CA · 1944 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.914km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1944 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.011km W of Alder Springs, CA · 1943 days ago · -1 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.816km NE of Upper Lake, CA · 1939 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.86km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1938 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.68km ENE of Willits, CA · 1938 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.810km SE of Willits, CA · 1938 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.212km E of Navarro Head, CA · 1938 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.714km E of Rio Dell, CA · 1938 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.614km E of Rio Dell, CA · 1937 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.94km NNW of Laytonville, CA · 1937 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.715km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1936 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.84km NNE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1935 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.57km ESE of Willits, CA · 1934 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.87km ESE of Willits, CA · 1933 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 14
- 1.67km ESE of Willits, CA · 1933 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.711km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA · 1933 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.69km NW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1931 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.01km NNE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1931 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.82km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1931 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.92km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1931 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611km SE of Laytonville, CA · 1930 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.85km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1930 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.27km NE of Shelter Cove, CA · 1928 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.58km SSE of Laytonville, CA · 1926 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.88km ESE of Redway, CA · 1925 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.436km NNE of Redway, CA · 1925 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.015km WNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1921 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.58km ESE of Willits, CA · 1921 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.124km WNW of Weaverville, CA · 1918 days ago · 32 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.717km NNE of Nice, CA · 1916 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.813km W of Lakeport, CA · 1915 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.516km SSW of Willits, CA · 1914 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.67km ENE of Brooktrails, CA · 1912 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.411km W of Laytonville, CA · 1912 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
The first 60 of 72.
Before
- 2.610km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1961 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 7
- 1.78km SE of Talmage, CA · 1963 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.98km NW of Laytonville, CA · 1966 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.88km W of Redway, CA · 1966 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
- 1.88km W of Redway, CA · 1967 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.98km W of Redway, CA · 1967 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 2.05km WSW of Laytonville, CA · 1968 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.68km SSE of Laytonville, CA · 1969 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.913km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1969 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.79km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1971 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.812km SE of Petrolia, CA · 1971 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.926km N of Laytonville, CA · 1971 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.326km N of Laytonville, CA · 1971 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.126km W of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA · 1972 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.615km SE of Laytonville, CA · 1972 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.75km WSW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1972 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.95km NE of Talmage, CA · 1974 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.19km ESE of Willits, CA · 1974 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.013km NE of Upper Lake, CA · 1974 days ago · -1 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.610km NE of Navarro Head, CA · 1974 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73566515. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC.