M2.1 earthquake 7km SSE of Pine Hills, CA
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 7km SSE of Pine Hills, CA on Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 2:39 PM PDT (21:39 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 5km NNE of Petrolia, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-08 21:39:05 UTC
- Depth
- 24.7 km (15.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.675° N, 124.120° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.28
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.856km W of Ferndale, CA · 1822 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.818km WSW of Petrolia, CA · 1819 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 11
- 1.713km E of Hydesville, CA · 1817 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.08km SSE of Redway, CA · 1815 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.98km SSE of Redway, CA · 1815 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.65km NW of Redway, CA · 1814 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.74km NNW of Ferndale, CA · 1814 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.719km WNW of Petrolia, CA · 1812 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.656km W of Ferndale, CA · 1811 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.212km WSW of Petrolia, CA · 1810 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.923km W of Petrolia, CA · 1810 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.426km WNW of Petrolia, CA · 1808 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.913km ENE of Hydesville, CA · 1803 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.519km W of Petrolia, CA · 1800 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.58km E of Willow Creek, CA · 1798 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.45km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1797 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 114 · tsunami flag
- 2.34km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1797 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.66km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1797 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56km N of Petrolia, CA · 1797 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.06km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1797 days ago · 30 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 10
- 2.53km N of Petrolia, CA · 1797 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.028km NE of Redway, CA · 1797 days ago · 27 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.75km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1797 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.45km NNW of Petrolia, CA · 1797 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.48km SSE of Petrolia, CA · 1795 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.86km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1794 days ago · 28 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.917km WNW of Cape Vizcaino, CA · 1793 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.86km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1791 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.96km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1789 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.516km SSE of Somes Bar, CA · 1788 days ago · 38 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.037km W of Petrolia, CA · 1788 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.212km WNW of Petrolia, CA · 1787 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.72km N of Redway, CA · 1780 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.020km W of Petrolia, CA · 1778 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
- 2.415km WSW of Petrolia, CA · 1777 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.747km W of Petrolia, CA · 1776 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.421km SSE of Willow Creek, CA · 1776 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.647km W of Petrolia, CA · 1775 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.29km ESE of Willow Creek, CA · 1775 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.313km SE of Petrolia, CA · 1775 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.615km SE of Petrolia, CA · 1775 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59km NNE of Hayfork, CA · 1772 days ago · 31 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.718km W of Petrolia, CA · 1771 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.84km N of Hydesville, CA · 1770 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.774km W of Petrolia, CA · 1770 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.419km W of Petrolia, CA · 1763 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.826km W of Petrolia, CA · 1763 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 1.612km SE of Petrolia, CA · 1823 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.757km W of Ferndale, CA · 1823 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.856km W of Ferndale, CA · 1823 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.818km E of Rio Dell, CA · 1824 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.018km E of Rio Dell, CA · 1824 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.414km SW of Ferndale, CA · 1826 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.264km WNW of Petrolia, CA · 1826 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.018km ESE of Willow Creek, CA · 1826 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.320km ENE of Willow Creek, CA · 1826 days ago · 36 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.59km SW of Petrolia, CA · 1829 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.87km WSW of Petrolia, CA · 1831 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.926km ESE of Rio Dell, CA · 1832 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.318km E of Willow Creek, CA · 1833 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.713km SE of Petrolia, CA · 1834 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.658km W of Petrolia, CA · 1835 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.917km W of Humboldt Hill, CA · 1835 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.613km SE of Petrolia, CA · 1835 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 12
- 2.021km WSW of Petrolia, CA · 1835 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.873km W of Ferndale, CA · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 2.412km SE of Weitchpec, CA · 1836 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73637165. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC.