M1.9 earthquake 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 20km NE of Red Bluff, CA on Tue, May 25, 2021, 2:45 AM PDT (09:45 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 16km E of Willows, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-25 09:45:57 UTC
- Depth
- 9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.318° N, 122.094° 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, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 16
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 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.65km N of Millville, CA · 1956 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.74km NNE of Canyondam, CA · 1951 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.63km ENE of Prattville, CA · 1947 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.914km SSW of Hamilton City, CA · 1944 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.815km SSW of Hamilton City, CA · 1944 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.011km W of Alder Springs, CA · 1943 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.32km N of Canyondam, CA · 1943 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.14km SSW of East Shore, CA · 1942 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.215km E of Willows, CA · 1942 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.02km SW of McArthur, CA · 1940 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.112km NNE of Shasta Lake, CA · 1939 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.56km NNE of Millville, CA · 1937 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.51km WSW of Canyondam, CA · 1937 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.613km SW of Almanor, CA · 1935 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.62km E of Palo Cedro, CA · 1934 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.514km WSW of Almanor, CA · 1934 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.514km N of Shingletown, CA · 1931 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.69km N of Biggs, CA · 1931 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.111km W of Almanor, CA · 1930 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.110km W of Almanor, CA · 1930 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.54km S of Canyondam, CA · 1927 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.614km NNE of Mineral, CA · 1926 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.515km ENE of Mineral, CA · 1924 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.78km WNW of Chester, CA · 1923 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.610km WSW of Round Mountain, CA · 1923 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.85km W of Paradise, CA · 1914 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.815km ENE of Willows, CA · 1910 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.74km SSE of Mineral, CA · 1909 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.018km ESE of Anderson, CA · 1905 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.85km SSE of Mineral, CA · 1905 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.615km SSE of McCloud, CA · 1903 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.16km N of Hamilton City, CA · 1900 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.041km NE of Covelo, CA · 1900 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.311km W of Alder Springs, CA · 1899 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.011km W of Alder Springs, CA · 1899 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.316km E of Willows, CA · 1898 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 2.018km WNW of Round Mountain, CA · 1963 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.69km E of Millville, CA · 1963 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.010km ENE of French Gulch, CA · 1969 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.625km NNE of Hamilton Branch, CA · 1970 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.925km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 1971 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 16
- 2.126km W of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA · 1972 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.913km W of Shingletown, CA · 1974 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.72km NE of Chester, CA · 1974 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.729km N of Shasta Lake, CA · 1974 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.47km WNW of Willows, CA · 1977 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 2.38km WNW of Willows, CA · 1979 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 2.72km NNW of Chico, CA · 1982 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 2.219km WSW of Manton, CA · 1984 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.83km WSW of Shasta Lake, CA · 1986 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73564991. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:36 PM UTC.