M1.9 earthquake 8km SSE of Redway, CA
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 8km SSE of Redway, CA on Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 11:19 PM PDT (06:19 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 5km NNE of Petrolia, 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
- 2021-10-16 06:19:19 UTC
- Depth
- 16.9 km (10.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.049° N, 123.791° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- 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: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.65km NW of Redway, CA · 1813 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.74km NNW of Ferndale, CA · 1813 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.719km WNW of Petrolia, CA · 1811 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.910km NE of Navarro Head, CA · 1810 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.212km WSW of Petrolia, CA · 1809 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.923km W of Petrolia, CA · 1809 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1808 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.426km WNW of Petrolia, CA · 1807 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.114km WSW of Laytonville, CA · 1804 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.913km ENE of Hydesville, CA · 1802 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.612km WNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1802 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.817km NW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1800 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.013km WSW of Laytonville, CA · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.519km W of Petrolia, CA · 1799 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.813km SE of Laytonville, CA · 1798 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.813km SE of Laytonville, CA · 1798 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.45km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1796 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 114 · tsunami flag
- 2.34km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1796 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.66km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1796 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56km N of Petrolia, CA · 1796 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.06km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1796 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 10
- 2.53km N of Petrolia, CA · 1796 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.028km NE of Redway, CA · 1796 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.75km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1796 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.45km NNW of Petrolia, CA · 1796 days ago · 29 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.119km NW of Covelo, CA · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 21
- 2.48km SSE of Petrolia, CA · 1794 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.86km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1793 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.617km NW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1793 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 1.56km E of Willits, CA · 1792 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.917km WNW of Cape Vizcaino, CA · 1792 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.48km E of Willits, CA · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.78km E of Willits, CA · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.86km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1790 days ago · 27 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.19km SE of Willits, CA · 1789 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.77km E of Willits, CA · 1788 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.86km E of Willits, CA · 1788 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 20
- 2.96km NNE of Petrolia, CA · 1788 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.037km W of Petrolia, CA · 1787 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.212km WNW of Petrolia, CA · 1786 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.67km NE of Brooktrails, CA · 1782 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.713km E of Laytonville, CA · 1780 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.72km N of Redway, CA · 1779 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.814km SE of Laytonville, CA · 1778 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.020km W of Petrolia, CA · 1776 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
- 2.415km WSW of Petrolia, CA · 1776 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.747km W of Petrolia, CA · 1775 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.421km SSE of Willow Creek, CA · 1775 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.647km W of Petrolia, CA · 1774 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.29km ESE of Willow Creek, CA · 1774 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.313km SE of Petrolia, CA · 1774 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.615km SE of Petrolia, CA · 1774 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59km NNE of Hayfork, CA · 1771 days ago · 31 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.912km W of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1770 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.718km W of Petrolia, CA · 1770 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.110km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1770 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.612km N of Brooktrails, CA · 1769 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.84km N of Hydesville, CA · 1769 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.419km W of Petrolia, CA · 1762 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.826km W of Petrolia, CA · 1762 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of 69.
Before
- 2.08km SSE of Redway, CA · 1814 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.713km E of Hydesville, CA · 1816 days ago · 24 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.412km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 3.818km WSW of Petrolia, CA · 1818 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 11
- 2.011km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1819 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.111km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1819 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.811km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1819 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66km NE of Willits, CA · 1821 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.17km SSE of Pine Hills, CA · 1821 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.612km SE of Petrolia, CA · 1822 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.818km E of Rio Dell, CA · 1823 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.010km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.018km E of Rio Dell, CA · 1823 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.912km SE of Covelo, CA · 1823 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.414km SW of Ferndale, CA · 1825 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.018km ESE of Willow Creek, CA · 1825 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.314km SE of Rockport, CA · 1828 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.59km SW of Petrolia, CA · 1828 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.710km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1829 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.87km WSW of Petrolia, CA · 1830 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73640165. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:42 AM UTC.