M1.8 earthquake 10km ESE of Millville, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 10km ESE of Millville, CA on Sat, Dec 18, 2021, 3:39 PM PST (23:39 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 12km SE of Mineral, 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
- 2021-12-18 23:39:01 UTC
- Depth
- 16.2 km (10.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.516° N, 122.074° 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, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- 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: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.421km SSE of Mineral, CA · 1747 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 2.39km WSW of Shingletown, CA · 1746 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.67km WSW of Shingletown, CA · 1746 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 1.629 km NW of Susanville, California · 1742 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.33km ENE of Prattville, CA · 1740 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.53km E of Prattville, CA · 1740 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 2.912km SE of Mineral, CA · 1739 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 2.28km W of Chester, CA · 1736 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.811km ESE of Millville, CA · 1733 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.724km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 1725 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.99km ESE of Millville, CA · 1717 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.56km NNE of Millville, CA · 1716 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.324km NNE of Forest Ranch, CA · 1715 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.88km NNW of Bella Vista, CA · 1713 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.341km S of Hayfork, CA · 1712 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.68km NNW of Bella Vista, CA · 1712 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.74km ESE of Chester, CA · 1709 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.85km E of Chester, CA · 1709 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.615km W of Round Mountain, CA · 1706 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.14km NNW of Canyondam, CA · 1703 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.72 km SW of Canyondam, California · 1703 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.919km NNE of Alder Springs, CA · 1700 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.86km NNE of Millville, CA · 1698 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.62km N of McCloud, CA · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.83km N of McCloud, CA · 1696 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.03km S of Canyondam, CA · 1694 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.923km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 1693 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76km ENE of Shasta, CA · 1692 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 17
Before
- 2.221km NE of Viola, CA · 1754 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.727km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 1758 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.62km E of Prattville, CA · 1759 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.82km ENE of Prattville, CA · 1759 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 10
- 2.52km ENE of Prattville, CA · 1760 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.823km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 1760 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.71km NE of Shasta Lake, CA · 1760 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.713km NNE of Shingletown, CA · 1761 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.99km E of Montgomery Creek, CA · 1765 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.59km NNE of Hayfork, CA · 1771 days ago · 31 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.416km SSE of Mineral, CA · 1772 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.712km WSW of Chester, CA · 1772 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.58km SSE of Mineral, CA · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.612km W of Chester, CA · 1772 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.711km NNE of Bella Vista, CA · 1772 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.77km SSE of Mineral, CA · 1772 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.612km N of Mineral, CA · 1775 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.93km NE of Viola, CA · 1775 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.36km ENE of Shasta, CA · 1776 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.82km NE of Almanor, CA · 1779 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73665526. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.