California earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 18km NNE of Nice, CA

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 18km NNE of Nice, CA on Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 3:53 AM PST (11:53 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 21km SSW of Willits, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
2021-01-26 11:53:28 UTC
Depth
11.2 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.258° N, 122.737° W
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.2 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
44°
Stations used
52

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 181 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.614km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA · 2077 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.12km N of The Geysers, CA · 2077 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.03km NW of Lower Lake, CA · 2077 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.68km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2077 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.210km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 2077 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.710km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2077 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.97km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2076 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.87km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2076 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 11
  9. 1.87km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2076 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.88km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2075 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.58km SSW of Kelseyville, CA · 2075 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 1.55km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2075 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 3.08km SSW of Kelseyville, CA · 2074 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 33
  14. 1.98km SSW of Kelseyville, CA · 2074 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.18km SSW of Kelseyville, CA · 2074 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 1.58km SSW of Kelseyville, CA · 2074 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.58km SSW of Kelseyville, CA · 2074 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 10
  18. 2.28km SSW of Kelseyville, CA · 2074 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 11
  19. 2.08km SSW of Kelseyville, CA · 2074 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.78km SSW of Kelseyville, CA · 2074 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 1.61km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2074 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.06km NNE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2073 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 1.89km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA · 2073 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 1.67km ENE of Rohnert Park, CA · 2073 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 2.09km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA · 2073 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 1.85km SE of Hamilton City, CA · 2073 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.72km N of The Geysers, CA · 2073 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 2.614km SSE of Willows, CA · 2073 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 10
  29. 1.91km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2071 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 1.53km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2071 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2071 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  32. 1.510km S of The Geysers, CA · 2071 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  33. 1.93km WSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2069 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 2.211km ESE of Willits, CA · 2068 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 1.89km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2068 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.510km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2067 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 1.810km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 2067 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.57km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2067 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 1.56km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2067 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 1.610km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2065 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 2.610km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA · 2065 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 9
  42. 2.07km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2065 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 1.68km NE of Windsor, CA · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 2.07km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2064 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  45. 1.92km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 2064 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  46. 1.82km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 2064 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.08km W of Cobb, CA · 2063 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 1.84km SE of The Geysers, CA · 2062 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  49. 1.72km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 2062 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 1.70km N of The Geysers, CA · 2062 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 1.90km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2062 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 1.67km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2061 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 1.63km SE of The Geysers, CA · 2061 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 1.711km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2061 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 2.06km ENE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2061 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.95km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2061 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 1.910km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA · 2061 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  58. 1.521km ENE of Navarro Head, CA · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 1.56km NNW of Point Arena, CA · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 1.712km W of Lakeport, CA · 2060 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 181.

Before

  1. 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2078 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.59km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA · 2078 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.73km NE of The Geysers, CA · 2078 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.717km NNE of Nice, CA · 2078 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.96km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2078 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.69km E of Redwood Valley, CA · 2078 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.23km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 2079 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2080 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.83km SSW of Cobb, CA · 2080 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.96km NNE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2080 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.68km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2080 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.63km NE of The Geysers, CA · 2080 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.66km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2081 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.77km NE of Lower Lake, CA · 2082 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.88km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2082 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.73km SE of The Geysers, CA · 2082 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 1.66km E of Santa Rosa, CA · 2083 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.75km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2084 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.73km NNW of Santa Rosa, CA · 2085 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1,374
  20. 1.55km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 2085 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73516795. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC.