M1.8 earthquake 5km NW of Point Arena, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5km NW of Point Arena, CA on Sat, Dec 4, 2021, 11:57 AM PST (19:57 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 2km E of The Geysers, 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
- 2021-12-04 19:57:00 UTC
- Depth
- 2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.943° N, 123.745° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 237°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.51km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1764 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.23km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1764 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.82km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1764 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.62km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1763 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.77km W of Cobb, CA · 1762 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.92km E of The Geysers, CA · 1762 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.66km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1762 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.53km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1761 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.61km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1761 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.81km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1760 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.514km E of Boonville, CA · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.04km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1759 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.72km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 1759 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.59km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1759 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.712km N of Brooktrails, CA · 1758 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.212km N of Brooktrails, CA · 1758 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.62km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1758 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.74km NNW of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1758 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.97km W of Cobb, CA · 1758 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.67km W of Cobb, CA · 1758 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.95km NNE of Fort Bragg, CA · 1757 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
- 1.63km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1756 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.74km W of Cobb, CA · 1756 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.510km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1756 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.97km WSW of The Geysers, CA · 1755 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.71km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1755 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.55km NNE of Clearlake, CA · 1755 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.55km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1754 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.87km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1754 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.68km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1754 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 1.63km E of The Geysers, CA · 1754 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.020km ESE of Navarro Head, CA · 1754 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.73km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 1754 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.516km E of Mendocino, CA · 1752 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.05km W of Cobb, CA · 1751 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.00km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1751 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.57km W of Cobb, CA · 1751 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.66km ESE of Redwood Valley, CA · 1751 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.18km W of Cobb, CA · 1751 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1751 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.210km ESE of Willits, CA · 1750 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1748 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.51km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1748 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.59km S of Boonville, CA · 1747 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.14km E of Redwood Valley, CA · 1746 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74km E of Redwood Valley, CA · 1746 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.720km ESE of Navarro Head, CA · 1746 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1746 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.71km N of The Geysers, CA · 1746 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.513km SE of Talmage, CA · 1746 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 8
- 1.86km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1746 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.55km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1745 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.54km SE of Clearlake Oaks, CA · 1745 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.89km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1745 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.64km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1745 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.010km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1745 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67km NE of Willits, CA · 1745 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.19km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1745 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.23km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1744 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.56km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1744 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of 155.
Before
- 1.816km W of Ukiah, CA · 1765 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.88km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1766 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.41km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1768 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.53km SSW of Cobb, CA · 1768 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.53km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 1768 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 6
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1768 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.68km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1769 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.612km N of Brooktrails, CA · 1769 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.64km SSE of Redwood Valley, CA · 1769 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.110km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1769 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.616km ESE of Boonville, CA · 1769 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.912km W of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1770 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.59km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1770 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.69km W of Cobb, CA · 1770 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.89km W of Cobb, CA · 1770 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.96km NNE of Windsor, CA · 1772 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.88km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1772 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.612km NW of Upper Lake, CA · 1772 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.27km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1772 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.17km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1772 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73659706. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:59 AM UTC.