M1.8 earthquake 5km ESE of St. Helena, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5km ESE of St. Helena, CA on Mon, Mar 1, 2021, 9:53 AM PST (17:53 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 3km SW of Anderson Springs, 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
- 2021-03-01 17:53:04 UTC
- Depth
- 11.5 km (7.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.482° N, 122.417° W
- Region
- California
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.210km N of Cloverdale, CA · 2042 days ago · -1 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.52km SE of The Geysers, CA · 2042 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.93km SE of The Geysers, CA · 2042 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 7
- 1.96km ESE of St. Helena, CA · 2041 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.08km W of Cobb, CA · 2040 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63km SSW of Cobb, CA · 2039 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.16km WSW of St. Helena, CA · 2039 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 234
- 1.75km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2038 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.93km ESE of Berkeley, CA · 2038 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
- 1.64km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2038 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 2.74km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2038 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.34km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2038 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.75km WNW of Angwin, CA · 2038 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.52km E of The Geysers, CA · 2037 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2036 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.53km W of Cobb, CA · 2035 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.06km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2033 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.72km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2033 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2033 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.65km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2033 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.13km W of Cobb, CA · 2032 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.86km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2031 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.018km NE of Upper Lake, CA · 2031 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.818km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.88km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2030 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.76km SSW of Yountville, CA · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62km E of Vallejo, CA · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.710km WNW of American Canyon, CA · 2025 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 20
- 1.613km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2025 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.27km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2025 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.911km N of Healdsburg, CA · 2024 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.89km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2024 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.81km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 2022 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.95km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2022 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.65km S of Yountville, CA · 2022 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.97km W of Cobb, CA · 2022 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.73km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2021 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 2021 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.39km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2020 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.24km W of Cobb, CA · 2020 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.24km W of Cobb, CA · 2020 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.24km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2020 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.84km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2020 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.810km ENE of Yountville, CA · 2020 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 42
- 1.811km ENE of Yountville, CA · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2020 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.86km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2020 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.27km SW of Arbuckle, CA · 2019 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.94km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2019 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.26km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2018 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.76km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2018 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.54km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2017 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.96km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2017 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.813km SE of Talmage, CA · 2017 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 2.813km SE of Talmage, CA · 2017 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 17
- 2.04km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2016 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.913km SE of Talmage, CA · 2016 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.04km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2014 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15km W of Cobb, CA · 2013 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 12
- 1.93km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2013 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
The first 60 of 169.
Before
- 1.65km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2042 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.35km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2042 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
- 2.11km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 2043 days ago · -1 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.01km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 2043 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.81km NE of The Geysers, CA · 2043 days ago · -1 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2044 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
- 1.88km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2044 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.213km WNW of Calistoga, CA · 2045 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2045 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.66km ESE of Fairview, CA · 2046 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.67km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2046 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.36km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2046 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.27km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2046 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.87km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2046 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 46
- 1.52km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2047 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.63km WSW of Blackhawk, CA · 2047 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.94km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2047 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.14km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2047 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.113km E of Angwin, CA · 2047 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.013km E of Angwin, CA · 2047 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73529871. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:43 PM UTC.