M1.9 earthquake 12km SE of Covelo, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 12km SE of Covelo, CA on Wed, Oct 6, 2021, 3:50 PM PDT (22:50 UTC), -1 km (-1 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
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-06 22:50:39 UTC
- Depth
- -1.1 km (-0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.705° N, 123.158° 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, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.010km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.66km NE of Willits, CA · 1821 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.811km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1820 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 2.111km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1819 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.011km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1819 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.112km SE of Talmage, CA · 1818 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.914km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1817 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.412km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 1.59km NE of Cloverdale, CA · 1816 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.510km N of Cloverdale, CA · 1815 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.014km N of Cloverdale, CA · 1815 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 43
- 2.08km SSE of Redway, CA · 1814 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.98km SSE of Redway, CA · 1814 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.65km NW of Redway, CA · 1813 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.96km NNE of Hamilton City, CA · 1813 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.910km NE of Navarro Head, CA · 1810 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.814km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1809 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.88km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1808 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.95km ENE of Boonville, CA · 1807 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.74km ENE of Boonville, CA · 1806 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.114km WSW of Laytonville, CA · 1804 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.718km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1804 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.612km WNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1802 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.817km NW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1800 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.110km SSE of Talmage, CA · 1800 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.013km WSW of Laytonville, CA · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.910km SSE of Talmage, CA · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.813km SE of Laytonville, CA · 1798 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.813km SE of Laytonville, CA · 1798 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.028km NE of Redway, CA · 1796 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.119km NW of Covelo, CA · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 21
- 1.617km NW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1793 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 1.56km E of Willits, CA · 1792 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.917km WNW of Cape Vizcaino, CA · 1792 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.48km E of Willits, CA · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.78km E of Willits, CA · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.713km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1791 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.19km SE of Willits, CA · 1789 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.77km E of Willits, CA · 1788 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.86km E of Willits, CA · 1788 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 20
- 1.718km ENE of Nice, CA · 1787 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.510km NW of Point Arena, CA · 1786 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.71km NNE of Kelseyville, CA · 1784 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.513km W of Lakeport, CA · 1782 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 7
- 1.67km NE of Brooktrails, CA · 1782 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.713km E of Laytonville, CA · 1780 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.713km ENE of Cloverdale, CA · 1780 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.72km N of Redway, CA · 1779 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.814km SE of Laytonville, CA · 1778 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.612km NW of Upper Lake, CA · 1772 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.912km W of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1770 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.616km ESE of Boonville, CA · 1770 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.110km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1770 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.64km SSE of Redwood Valley, CA · 1769 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.612km N of Brooktrails, CA · 1769 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.816km W of Ukiah, CA · 1765 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.85km NW of Point Arena, CA · 1765 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 1.73km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.314km SE of Rockport, CA · 1828 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.710km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1829 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.816km NE of Upper Lake, CA · 1830 days ago · -1 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.926km ESE of Rio Dell, CA · 1831 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.814km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1831 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.322km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1834 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
- 2.012km ESE of Boonville, CA · 1834 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.16km SW of Laytonville, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.86km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1838 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.66km NW of Boonville, CA · 1840 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.96km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1842 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.913km W of Alder Springs, CA · 1842 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.614km NNE of Brooktrails, CA · 1843 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.510km W of Redwood Valley, CA · 1843 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.714km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1843 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.01km WNW of Stony Gorge Reservoir, CA · 1844 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.710km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1847 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.58km NNW of Laytonville, CA · 1849 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.714km W of Redwood Valley, CA · 1849 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73636390. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.