M2.1 earthquake 3km WNW of Crockett, CA
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 3km WNW of Crockett, CA on Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 10:20 AM PDT (17:20 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 1km NE of San Ramon, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-12 17:20:52 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.060° N, 122.245° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.910km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1817 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.74km W of Cobb, CA · 1817 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.35km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1817 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1816 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 1.811km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA · 1816 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.010km NNE of Angwin, CA · 1815 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.62km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1813 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.816km SSE of Livermore, CA · 1813 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 70
- 1.89km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1813 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.79km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1813 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.67km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1813 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.44km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1813 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.815km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA · 1812 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.03km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1812 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.65km SW of Clayton, CA · 1812 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.69km SE of Sunol, CA · 1812 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.52km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1811 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.78km W of Cobb, CA · 1811 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.91km S of San Ramon, CA · 1811 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
- 1.61km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1810 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.11km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1810 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 17
- 1.53km N of The Geysers, CA · 1810 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.93km N of The Geysers, CA · 1810 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.75km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1810 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.610km NE of Milpitas, CA · 1810 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.61km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 1809 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.96km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1809 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.96km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1809 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75km W of Cobb, CA · 1809 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.78km W of Cobb, CA · 1809 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.14km ENE of El Sobrante, CA · 1808 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
- 1.66km W of Cobb, CA · 1807 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.97km W of Cobb, CA · 1807 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 13
- 2.77km W of Cobb, CA · 1807 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 1.57km W of Cobb, CA · 1807 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.52km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 1807 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.84km W of Cobb, CA · 1807 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.57km W of Cobb, CA · 1807 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1807 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.84km ENE of El Sobrante, CA · 1807 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 328
- 2.04km ENE of El Sobrante, CA · 1806 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
- 1.61km SW of Alamo, CA · 1806 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.67km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1806 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 1.64km ENE of Burlingame, CA · 1806 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 1.82km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1805 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.86km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1805 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.86km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1805 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.76km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1805 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.34km SE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1805 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 9
- 2.42km N of The Geysers, CA · 1805 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 1.53km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1804 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.710km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1804 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.85km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1804 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.07km W of Kenwood, CA · 1804 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68km ENE of Alum Rock, CA · 1804 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 18
- 1.86km W of Cobb, CA · 1804 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.92km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1803 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
- 2.03km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1803 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.67km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1803 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.97km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1803 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 176.
Before
- 1.97km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.62km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.82km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.71km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.98km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.63km W of Fruitdale, CA · 1819 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.511km WSW of Saratoga, CA · 1819 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.611km WSW of Saratoga, CA · 1819 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.711km WSW of Saratoga, CA · 1820 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.73km N of The Geysers, CA · 1820 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1820 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
- 2.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1820 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 1.91km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1821 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.69km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1821 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.612km W of Saratoga, CA · 1821 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.78km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1822 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.64km SSW of San Francisco Zoo, CA · 1822 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97km W of Cobb, CA · 1822 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.14km WSW of Alamo, CA · 1822 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73638770. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:03 AM UTC.