M1.5 earthquake 6km NNE of Millville, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6km NNE of Millville, CA on Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 11:39 AM PDT (18:39 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 6km NNE of Hamilton City, 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
- 2021-09-24 18:39:43 UTC
- Depth
- 12.8 km (7.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.610° N, 122.157° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- 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: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.24km ENE of Prattville, CA · 1834 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.021km WSW of Dunsmuir, CA · 1832 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.512km ESE of Viola, CA · 1830 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.09km WSW of Chester, CA · 1830 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.512km ESE of Viola, CA · 1829 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.99km WSW of Chester, CA · 1828 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.12km NW of Bella Vista, CA · 1827 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.74km NW of Bella Vista, CA · 1826 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.84km E of Shasta, CA · 1825 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.110km NNW of Burney, CA · 1824 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.54km ENE of Shasta, CA · 1823 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
- 2.513km SE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1822 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 11
- 1.612km SE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1822 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.74km ENE of Shasta, CA · 1821 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.616km N of Shingletown, CA · 1817 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.913km WSW of Almanor, CA · 1816 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.919km SW of Tennant, CA · 1813 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.96km NNE of Hamilton City, CA · 1812 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.26km NW of Redding, CA · 1810 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.113km NE of Montgomery Creek, CA · 1805 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.114km ESE of Viola, CA · 1804 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.13km NNE of Chester, CA · 1802 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.83km NNE of Chester, CA · 1801 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.836km SE of Fall River Mills, CA · 1798 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.619km NE of Big Bend, CA · 1798 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.13km NNE of Chester, CA · 1796 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.916km SSE of McCloud, CA · 1796 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.511km NNE of Bella Vista, CA · 1794 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 1.812km NE of Bella Vista, CA · 1794 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62km WNW of Shasta Lake, CA · 1788 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.69km S of Mineral, CA · 1779 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.82km NE of Almanor, CA · 1779 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 2.36km ENE of Shasta, CA · 1776 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 1.99km SSE of McCloud, CA · 1836 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.910km WSW of Chester, CA · 1837 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.06km NE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1838 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.56km NE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1838 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.76km W of McCloud, CA · 1838 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.86km NE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1838 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.76km NE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1838 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.66km NE of Dunsmuir, CA · 1838 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.56km NW of Chico, CA · 1841 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.55km NNE of Hamilton City, CA · 1842 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.72km SW of Palo Cedro, CA · 1846 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.815km NE of McCloud, CA · 1847 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.10km S of Palo Cedro, CA · 1847 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 1.615km NNE of Mineral, CA · 1849 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.79km E of Carrick, CA · 1850 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.64km W of Shasta Lake, CA · 1850 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.912km ESE of Viola, CA · 1851 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.51km NW of Palo Cedro, CA · 1852 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.63km WSW of Shasta Lake, CA · 1852 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.51km NW of Palo Cedro, CA · 1853 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73628941. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:08 AM UTC.