M1.7 earthquake 7km WSW of St. Helena, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7km WSW of St. Helena, CA on Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 11:32 PM PDT (06:32 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 4km ENE of Talmage, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-25 06:32:05 UTC
- Depth
- 8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.488° N, 122.549° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 57
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.611km NE of Napa, CA · 1866 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.43km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 1865 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.44km S of Talmage, CA · 1865 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
- 2.510km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1865 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.83km SW of Alamo, CA · 1864 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.65km W of Cobb, CA · 1864 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.53km ESE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1864 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 122
- 1.57km WSW of St. Helena, CA · 1864 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.14km S of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1864 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 5
- 1.91km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1864 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1863 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.59km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1863 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.97km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1862 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.73km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1862 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6
- 2.23km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1862 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.93km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1862 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.63km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1862 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.91km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 1861 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.95km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1861 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.16km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1861 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.514km W of Williams, CA · 1861 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.73km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 1861 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.810km NNE of Windsor, CA · 1860 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.04km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1860 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 122
- 1.88km NNE of Black Point-Green Point, CA · 1860 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.512km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1860 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.610km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1859 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.69km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1859 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.73km SW of Angwin, CA · 1859 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.77km W of Cobb, CA · 1859 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.75km NW of Dublin, CA · 1858 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.84km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1857 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 316
- 1.92km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1857 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.72km SW of Cobb, CA · 1857 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.74km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1856 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.74km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1855 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 199
- 1.71km N of Bolinas, CA · 1855 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.21km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1855 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.62km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1855 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.57km S of Calistoga, CA · 1854 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.31km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1854 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.17km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1854 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1854 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1854 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.66km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.59km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.83km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57km W of Cobb, CA · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1852 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.15km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1852 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.36km W of Cobb, CA · 1851 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.76km WNW of Dublin, CA · 1851 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 1.76km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1850 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.73km ESE of Pacheco, CA · 1850 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.05km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1849 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.55km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1849 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.81km NW of Diablo, CA · 1848 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.610km WNW of Calistoga, CA · 1846 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 1.86km W of Allendale, CA · 1845 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.712km SE of Point Arena, CA · 1844 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 188.
Before
- 2.07km W of Calistoga, CA · 1867 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 8
- 1.82km NW of Pacifica, CA · 1868 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 1.64km SW of Colma, CA · 1868 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.28km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1869 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.86km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1871 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.511km SW of The Geysers, CA · 1871 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.911km SW of The Geysers, CA · 1871 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.41km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1871 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.74km SSE of The Geysers, CA · 1872 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.12km SSW of Bodega Bay, CA · 1872 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.82km SSW of Bodega Bay, CA · 1872 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.82km SSW of Bodega Bay, CA · 1872 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.62km NNE of The Geysers, CA · 1873 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.75km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1874 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.512km ESE of Angwin, CA · 1875 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
- 1.513km E of Angwin, CA · 1875 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.81km ENE of Alamo, CA · 1875 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.413km NE of Yountville, CA · 1876 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1876 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.46km N of Cobb, CA · 1876 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 10
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73615096. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:20 PM UTC.