California earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 4km W of Edgewood, CA

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4km W of Edgewood, CA on Tue, Mar 9, 2021, 7:22 PM PST (03:22 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 25km NNW of Shasta Lake, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
2021-03-10 03:22:57 UTC
Depth
15.7 km (9.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.463° N, 122.472° W
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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
74°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.92km SSW of Shasta Lake, CA · 2031 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.825km NNW of Shasta Lake, CA · 2030 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 83
  3. 1.925km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 2021 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.126km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 2019 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.94 km SSW of Jacksonville, Oregon · 2015 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.124km ESE of Willow Creek, CA · 2013 days ago · 28 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.66km WNW of Palo Cedro, CA · 2009 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.07km ESE of McCloud, CA · 2006 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.928km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 2004 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.02km ENE of Montgomery Creek, CA · 2004 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.623km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 2001 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.19km NNE of Burney, CA · 1997 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.83km WSW of Shasta Lake, CA · 1986 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 1.510km S of McCloud, CA · 2057 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.623km SW of Mount Hebron, CA · 2064 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73533326. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC.