M1.8 earthquake 21km ENE of McCloud, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 21km ENE of McCloud, CA on Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 9:23 AM PDT (16:23 UTC), 2 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 0km S of Palo Cedro, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-22 16:23:38 UTC
- Depth
- 2.4 km (1.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.319° N, 121.898° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 152°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.011km N of Tennant, CA · 1900 days ago · -1 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.98km NNE of McCloud, CA · 1899 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.712km W of Fall River Mills, CA · 1895 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.923km ESE of McArthur, CA · 1888 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.916km NW of Big Bend, CA · 1883 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.714km N of Big Bend, CA · 1876 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.56km ESE of Bella Vista, CA · 1866 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.62km W of Palo Cedro, CA · 1861 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.72km WSW of Palo Cedro, CA · 1857 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.91km WNW of Tulelake, CA · 1854 days ago · -2 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 1.51km WNW of Tulelake, CA · 1854 days ago · -2 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
- 1.61km SW of Palo Cedro, CA · 1854 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.51km NW of Palo Cedro, CA · 1853 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.63km WSW of Shasta Lake, CA · 1853 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.51km NW of Palo Cedro, CA · 1853 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.912km ESE of Viola, CA · 1852 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.64km W of Shasta Lake, CA · 1850 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.79km E of Carrick, CA · 1850 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.10km S of Palo Cedro, CA · 1848 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.815km NE of McCloud, CA · 1847 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.72km SW of Palo Cedro, CA · 1847 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 1.615km SSE of McCloud, CA · 1903 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.221km ENE of McCloud, CA · 1909 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.813km ENE of Carrick, CA · 1921 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.610km WSW of Round Mountain, CA · 1923 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.614km NNE of Mineral, CA · 1926 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.919km NW of McArthur, CA · 1927 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73597586. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:41 PM UTC.