M1.5 earthquake 4km SW of Glen Ellen, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4km SW of Glen Ellen, CA on Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 11:18 PM PDT (06:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 7km WNW of The Geysers, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-28 06:18:10 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.339° N, 122.568° 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
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 28°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.82km N of Piedmont, CA · 1985 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2,614
- 1.87km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1985 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.510km ENE of Clearlake, CA · 1985 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.68km SE of Cloverdale, CA · 1985 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.810km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1985 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.16km W of Yountville, CA · 1984 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.74km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1984 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1983 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.65km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1983 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.85km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1983 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 1.62km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1982 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.63km WNW of Lower Lake, CA · 1982 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.71km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1982 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.11km WNW of Danville, CA · 1981 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 2.110km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1981 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.17km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1980 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.86km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1980 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1980 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.93km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1980 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.78km W of Cobb, CA · 1980 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.04km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1979 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.58km W of Cobb, CA · 1979 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.64km NNW of Pacifica, CA · 1979 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.97km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1979 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1978 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.98km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1978 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.811km W of Lakeport, CA · 1977 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.28km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1977 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1977 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.79km SE of Talmage, CA · 1977 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.50km NW of Danville, CA · 1977 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.57km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1977 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 1.713km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1977 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.96km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1977 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.96km W of Cobb, CA · 1976 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64km W of Cobb, CA · 1975 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.62km W of Concord, CA · 1975 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.08km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1975 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.91km N of East Richmond Heights, CA · 1975 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.312km SW of Muir Beach, CA · 1974 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1974 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.76km SW of Calistoga, CA · 1974 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.86km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1974 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.95km W of Glen Ellen, CA · 1973 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.17km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1973 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.71km E of The Geysers, CA · 1972 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.91km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1972 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.72km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1971 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.96km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1971 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.07km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1970 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.87km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1970 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.58km SE of Middletown, CA · 1969 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.61km ENE of Alameda, CA · 1969 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.02km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1969 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 13
- 1.82km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1969 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.58km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1969 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.22km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 1968 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.54km NW of Dublin, CA · 1968 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.610km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1968 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.215km NNE of Angwin, CA · 1966 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of 170.
Before
- 2.05km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1986 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.77km W of Newark, CA · 1987 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.52km N of Piedmont, CA · 1987 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1,284
- 1.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1987 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.12km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1987 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 18
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1988 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.31km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1988 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.812km W of Lakeport, CA · 1988 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.83km WSW of Oakley, CA · 1988 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.78km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1989 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.63km WSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1989 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.86km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1990 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.56km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1990 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.87km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1990 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.81km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 1991 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
- 1.64km W of Kenwood, CA · 1991 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.66km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1991 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.42km NE of Anderson Springs, CA · 1991 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.56km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1991 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1991 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
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