California earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 9km E of McCloud, CA

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 9km E of McCloud, CA on Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 7:30 PM PST (03:30 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 10km N of Viola, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
2021-01-11 03:30:09 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.257° N, 122.032° 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, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
125°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.010km N of Viola, CA · 2092 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.810km N of Viola, CA · 2086 days ago · -2 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.110km N of Viola, CA · 2086 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.010km N of Viola, CA · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.812km NNE of Shingletown, CA · 2085 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.510km N of Viola, CA · 2084 days ago · -1 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.010km N of Viola, CA · 2083 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.613km ESE of Millville, CA · 2078 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.513km SE of Dunsmuir, CA · 2078 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.623km SW of Mount Hebron, CA · 2064 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 1.510km S of McCloud, CA · 2057 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 1.718km ESE of Anderson, CA · 2056 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.816km NNW of Shingletown, CA · 2037 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 1.64km W of Edgewood, CA · 2034 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away

Before

  1. 1.826km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 2092 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.612km NE of Bella Vista, CA · 2102 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.714km S of Dunsmuir, CA · 2102 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.720km ESE of McCloud, CA · 2105 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.018km ESE of McCloud, CA · 2105 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.913km S of Dunsmuir, CA · 2107 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73509360. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.