M2.4 earthquake 6km ESE of Red Bluff, CA
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 6km ESE of Red Bluff, CA on Mon, Feb 8, 2021, 3:54 PM PST (23:54 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 13km W of Shingletown, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-08 23:54:58 UTC
- Depth
- 31.8 km (19.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.154° N, 122.171° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.711km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2060 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.819km WSW of Manton, CA · 2060 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.718km ESE of Anderson, CA · 2056 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.13km W of Chico, CA · 2053 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.712km SE of Mineral, CA · 2051 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.63km S of Canyondam, CA · 2051 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.57km ENE of Mineral, CA · 2049 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.08km NNW of Chester, CA · 2045 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.816km NNW of Shingletown, CA · 2037 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.56km NNE of Almanor, CA · 2036 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64km NNE of Almanor, CA · 2036 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
- 2.242km NE of Covelo, CA · 2033 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92km SSW of Shasta Lake, CA · 2031 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.127km SE of Hayfork, CA · 2031 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.822km SE of Covelo, CA · 2030 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.825km NNW of Shasta Lake, CA · 2030 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 83
- 1.619km NW of Viola, CA · 2029 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.315km E of Anderson, CA · 2028 days ago · 21 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.813km NNE of Shingletown, CA · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.511km SW of Chester, CA · 2026 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.925km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.513km N of Viola, CA · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.126km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 2019 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.516km NNW of Shingletown, CA · 2014 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.013km W of Shingletown, CA · 2012 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 77
- 1.512km W of Shingletown, CA · 2009 days ago · 17 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.66km WNW of Palo Cedro, CA · 2009 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.814km NNE of Mineral, CA · 2008 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.214km NNE of Mineral, CA · 2008 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.227km WSW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA · 2008 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.95km NNE of Almanor, CA · 2008 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.84km SSE of Hamilton City, CA · 2008 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.730km NNW of Forest Ranch, CA · 2007 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.928km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 2004 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.02km ENE of Montgomery Creek, CA · 2004 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.326km S of Hayfork, CA · 2003 days ago · 38 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 2.614km SSE of Willows, CA · 2072 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 10
- 1.85km SE of Hamilton City, CA · 2072 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.98km NW of Chester, CA · 2076 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.29km NW of Chester, CA · 2077 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.99km NW of Chester, CA · 2077 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.613km ESE of Millville, CA · 2078 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.727km ENE of Los Molinos, CA · 2080 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.41km NE of Twain, CA · 2082 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 2.010km N of Viola, CA · 2083 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.021km NE of Red Bluff, CA · 2083 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.510km N of Viola, CA · 2084 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.812km NNE of Shingletown, CA · 2085 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.010km N of Viola, CA · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.110km N of Viola, CA · 2086 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.810km N of Viola, CA · 2086 days ago · -2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.54km N of Twain, CA · 2089 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.010km N of Viola, CA · 2092 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.826km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 2092 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73520481. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:33 AM UTC.