M2.0 earthquake 21km NE of Red Bluff, CA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 21km NE of Red Bluff, CA on Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 7:33 PM PST (03:33 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 19km WSW of Manton, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-20 03:33:37 UTC
- Depth
- 15.4 km (9.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.330° N, 122.085° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.010km N of Viola, CA · 2084 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.41km NE of Twain, CA · 2083 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 1.727km ENE of Los Molinos, CA · 2080 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.613km ESE of Millville, CA · 2079 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.513km SE of Dunsmuir, CA · 2079 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.99km NW of Chester, CA · 2077 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.29km NW of Chester, CA · 2077 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.98km NW of Chester, CA · 2077 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.85km SE of Hamilton City, CA · 2073 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.46km ESE of Red Bluff, CA · 2064 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.819km WSW of Manton, CA · 2061 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.510km S of McCloud, CA · 2057 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.718km ESE of Anderson, CA · 2057 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.13km W of Chico, CA · 2053 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.712km SE of Mineral, CA · 2052 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.63km S of Canyondam, CA · 2052 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.57km ENE of Mineral, CA · 2050 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.08km NNW of Chester, CA · 2046 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.816km NNW of Shingletown, CA · 2038 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.56km NNE of Almanor, CA · 2037 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64km NNE of Almanor, CA · 2037 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
- 2.242km NE of Covelo, CA · 2034 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92km SSW of Shasta Lake, CA · 2032 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.127km SE of Hayfork, CA · 2031 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.825km NNW of Shasta Lake, CA · 2031 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 83
- 1.619km NW of Viola, CA · 2030 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.315km E of Anderson, CA · 2028 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.813km NNE of Shingletown, CA · 2027 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.511km SW of Chester, CA · 2027 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 1.510km N of Viola, CA · 2085 days ago · -1 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.812km NNE of Shingletown, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.010km N of Viola, CA · 2087 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.110km N of Viola, CA · 2087 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.810km N of Viola, CA · 2087 days ago · -2 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.54km N of Twain, CA · 2090 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.010km N of Viola, CA · 2093 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.826km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 2093 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.63km NW of Greenville, CA · 2095 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.57km NW of Indian Falls, CA · 2095 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.612km NE of Bella Vista, CA · 2102 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.64km NNE of Almanor, CA · 2102 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.714km S of Dunsmuir, CA · 2102 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.720km ESE of McCloud, CA · 2106 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.018km ESE of McCloud, CA · 2106 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.63km ENE of Prattville, CA · 2106 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.913km S of Dunsmuir, CA · 2107 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.216km E of Willows, CA · 2107 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 45
- 3.915km E of Willows, CA · 2107 days ago · 26 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 624
- 1.98km WNW of Caribou, CA · 2108 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73513655. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:45 PM UTC.