M1.6 earthquake 9km SE of Point Arena, CA
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 9km SE of Point Arena, CA on Fri, Jul 16, 2021, 10:38 PM PDT (05:38 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 4km ENE of Talmage, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-17 05:38:03 UTC
- Depth
- 1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.845° N, 123.635° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 246°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.93km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1905 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1905 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.03km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1905 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.23km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1905 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.63km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1905 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.36km E of Willits, CA · 1904 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68km SW of Calistoga, CA · 1903 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.66km W of Cobb, CA · 1902 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.93km W of Cobb, CA · 1902 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73km SE of The Geysers, CA · 1901 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.97km ESE of Roseland, CA · 1901 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.29km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 1901 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.56km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1901 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.12km SW of Cobb, CA · 1901 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.89km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 1901 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.38km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1900 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 1.55km E of Boonville, CA · 1900 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.87km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1900 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.612km N of Brooktrails, CA · 1900 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.710km SSE of Laytonville, CA · 1899 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.26km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1899 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.26km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1899 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1897 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Calistoga, CA · 1896 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 1.73km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1896 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.17km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1895 days ago · -1 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.614km NE of Redwood Valley, CA · 1894 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.07km ESE of Willits, CA · 1894 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.06km NNW of Guerneville, CA · 1894 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 201
- 1.94km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1893 days ago · -1 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.23km S of Anderson Springs, CA · 1893 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.13km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1893 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.32km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1893 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.73km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1893 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.87km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1893 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.76km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1893 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.84km W of Cobb, CA · 1893 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.58km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1892 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.57km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1892 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 1.97km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1892 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1892 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.26km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1892 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.97km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1892 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.46km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1892 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.25km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1891 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 34
- 2.16km W of Cobb, CA · 1891 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.111km NE of Healdsburg, CA · 1890 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 1.72km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 1890 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 1890 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.55km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1890 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.66km W of Laytonville, CA · 1889 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.82km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA · 1889 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.15km SSE of Cloverdale, CA · 1889 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 10
- 1.810km E of Clearlake, CA · 1888 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.610km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1888 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.68km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1887 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.04km E of Cloverdale, CA · 1887 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.59km SE of Sea Ranch, CA · 1887 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.63km WSW of Cobb, CA · 1887 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.37km ESE of Willits, CA · 1886 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 150.
Before
- 2.38km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1906 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.62km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1906 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.613km SE of Talmage, CA · 1906 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.914km SSW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1906 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.56km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1907 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.06km W of Cobb, CA · 1907 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.93km WSW of Cobb, CA · 1907 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.23km N of The Geysers, CA · 1907 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.710km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1910 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.52km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 1910 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 1.66km S of Fort Bragg, CA · 1910 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.96km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1910 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57km W of Cobb, CA · 1911 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1911 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.46km W of Cobb, CA · 1911 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.74km NW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1911 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.87km W of Laytonville, CA · 1911 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.96km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1912 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1912 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.36km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1912 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
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