M1.9 earthquake 13km ENE of Hydesville, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 13km ENE of Hydesville, CA on Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 8:17 PM PDT (03:17 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 7km N of Petrolia, 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
- 2021-10-28 03:17:32 UTC
- Depth
- 20.9 km (13.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.602° N, 123.959° 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
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.519km W of Petrolia, CA · 1800 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.58km E of Willow Creek, CA · 1797 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.45km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1797 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 114 · tsunami flag
- 2.34km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1797 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.66km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1797 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56km N of Petrolia, CA · 1797 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.06km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1797 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 10
- 2.53km N of Petrolia, CA · 1796 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.028km NE of Redway, CA · 1796 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.75km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1796 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.45km NNW of Petrolia, CA · 1796 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.119km NW of Covelo, CA · 1796 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 21
- 2.48km SSE of Petrolia, CA · 1794 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.86km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1793 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.917km WNW of Cape Vizcaino, CA · 1793 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.86km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1790 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.96km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1788 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.516km SSE of Somes Bar, CA · 1787 days ago · 38 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.037km W of Petrolia, CA · 1787 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.212km WNW of Petrolia, CA · 1786 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.72km N of Redway, CA · 1779 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.020km W of Petrolia, CA · 1777 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
- 2.415km WSW of Petrolia, CA · 1776 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.747km W of Petrolia, CA · 1775 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.421km SSE of Willow Creek, CA · 1775 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.647km W of Petrolia, CA · 1775 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.29km ESE of Willow Creek, CA · 1774 days ago · 22 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.313km SE of Petrolia, CA · 1774 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.615km SE of Petrolia, CA · 1774 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59km NNE of Hayfork, CA · 1771 days ago · 31 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.718km W of Petrolia, CA · 1770 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.84km N of Hydesville, CA · 1770 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.419km W of Petrolia, CA · 1762 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.826km W of Petrolia, CA · 1762 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.713km SE of Petrolia, CA · 1760 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.740km W of Petrolia, CA · 1760 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.811km SSE of Blue Lake, CA · 1760 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.627km WNW of Petrolia, CA · 1759 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.010km SSW of Ferndale, CA · 1758 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.310km SE of Willow Creek, CA · 1757 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.419km WSW of Petrolia, CA · 1754 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.69km ENE of Petrolia, CA · 1754 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.319km NW of Petrolia, CA · 1752 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.717km SW of Ferndale, CA · 1751 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.022km W of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 36
- 5.729km W of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 6.27km N of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4,378 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
- 4.852km W of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 8
- 2.47km N of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.19km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 24 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.811km N of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.18km N of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.27km N of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.315km NW of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 29 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.76km NW of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.86km N of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 26 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.311km SW of Rio Dell, CA · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.212km N of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.87km N of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.510km ESE of Petrolia, CA · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.426km WNW of Petrolia, CA · 1807 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.923km W of Petrolia, CA · 1809 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.212km WSW of Petrolia, CA · 1810 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.656km W of Ferndale, CA · 1810 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.719km WNW of Petrolia, CA · 1811 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.74km NNW of Ferndale, CA · 1813 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.65km NW of Redway, CA · 1813 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.98km SSE of Redway, CA · 1814 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.08km SSE of Redway, CA · 1814 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.713km E of Hydesville, CA · 1816 days ago · 24 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.818km WSW of Petrolia, CA · 1818 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 11
- 2.856km W of Ferndale, CA · 1821 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.17km SSE of Pine Hills, CA · 1822 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.612km SE of Petrolia, CA · 1822 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.757km W of Ferndale, CA · 1822 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.856km W of Ferndale, CA · 1823 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.818km E of Rio Dell, CA · 1823 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.018km E of Rio Dell, CA · 1824 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.414km SW of Ferndale, CA · 1825 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.264km WNW of Petrolia, CA · 1825 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73645745. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:31 PM UTC.