M1.8 earthquake 15km NE of McCloud, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 15km NE of McCloud, CA on Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 6:39 AM PDT (13:39 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 4km ENE of Shasta, 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
- 2021-09-13 13:39:24 UTC
- Depth
- 1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.364° N, 122.026° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.72km SW of Palo Cedro, CA · 1847 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.66km NE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1838 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.76km NE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1838 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.86km NE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1838 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.76km W of McCloud, CA · 1838 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.56km NE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1838 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.06km NE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1838 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.99km SSE of McCloud, CA · 1836 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.56km NNE of Millville, CA · 1835 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.021km WSW of Dunsmuir, CA · 1832 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.12km NW of Bella Vista, CA · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.74km NW of Bella Vista, CA · 1827 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.84km E of Shasta, CA · 1825 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.110km NNW of Burney, CA · 1824 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.54km ENE of Shasta, CA · 1823 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 2.513km SE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1822 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 11
- 1.612km SE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1822 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.74km ENE of Shasta, CA · 1821 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.616km N of Shingletown, CA · 1817 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.919km SW of Tennant, CA · 1813 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.26km NW of Redding, CA · 1810 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.113km NE of Montgomery Creek, CA · 1805 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.836km SE of Fall River Mills, CA · 1799 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.96km NNE of Macdoel, CA · 1798 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.619km NE of Big Bend, CA · 1798 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.916km SSE of McCloud, CA · 1796 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.511km NNE of Bella Vista, CA · 1794 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 1.812km NE of Bella Vista, CA · 1794 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56km SW of Dorris, CA · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.62km WNW of Shasta Lake, CA · 1788 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 2.10km S of Palo Cedro, CA · 1847 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.79km E of Carrick, CA · 1850 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.64km W of Shasta Lake, CA · 1850 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.51km NW of Palo Cedro, CA · 1852 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.63km WSW of Shasta Lake, CA · 1853 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.51km NW of Palo Cedro, CA · 1853 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.61km SW of Palo Cedro, CA · 1854 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.51km WNW of Tulelake, CA · 1854 days ago · -2 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
- 1.91km WNW of Tulelake, CA · 1854 days ago · -2 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.72km WSW of Palo Cedro, CA · 1857 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.62km W of Palo Cedro, CA · 1861 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.56km ESE of Bella Vista, CA · 1866 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.714km N of Big Bend, CA · 1876 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73624376. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:41 AM UTC.