M1.8 earthquake 16km NE of Upper Lake, CA
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16km NE of Upper Lake, CA on Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 3:39 AM PDT (10:39 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 19km NW of Covelo, 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
- 2021-09-30 10:39:57 UTC
- Depth
- -0.6 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.278° N, 122.788° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 27
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 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.23km ESE of Santa Rosa, CA · 1830 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1,048
- 1.710km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1830 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.71km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 1.82km SSW of Cobb, CA · 1829 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.51km E of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.93km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1829 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.51km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.62km N of The Geysers, CA · 1829 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.910km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.314km SE of Rockport, CA · 1828 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.55km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1828 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.59km NE of Santa Rosa, CA · 1828 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.74km W of Cobb, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.73km ENE of Talmage, CA · 1828 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.78km W of Cobb, CA · 1828 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.15km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1827 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.810km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1826 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.58km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1826 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.28km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1826 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.84km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1826 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.69km W of Cobb, CA · 1824 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.912km SE of Covelo, CA · 1824 days ago · -1 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.010km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.713km SSE of Point Arena, CA · 1823 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.89km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1823 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.97km W of Cobb, CA · 1823 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1822 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.69km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1822 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.66km NE of Willits, CA · 1821 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.91km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1821 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1821 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 2.61km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1820 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 7
- 1.73km N of The Geysers, CA · 1820 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.811km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1820 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.111km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1820 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.98km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1819 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.011km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1819 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.71km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1819 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.82km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1819 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.62km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1819 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.97km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.112km SE of Talmage, CA · 1818 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.910km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1818 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.74km W of Cobb, CA · 1818 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.914km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1818 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.35km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1817 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.412km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1817 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 1.811km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA · 1816 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.59km NE of Cloverdale, CA · 1816 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010km NNE of Angwin, CA · 1816 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.510km N of Cloverdale, CA · 1815 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.014km N of Cloverdale, CA · 1815 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 43
- 1.62km NE of The Geysers, CA · 1814 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.89km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1813 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.79km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1813 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.67km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1813 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.44km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1813 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.96km NNE of Hamilton City, CA · 1813 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
The first 60 of 188.
Before
- 1.814km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1831 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.91km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1832 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.76km SW of Calistoga, CA · 1832 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.63km SE of The Geysers, CA · 1834 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.322km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1835 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 2.012km ESE of Boonville, CA · 1835 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.63km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1835 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.16km SW of Laytonville, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.73km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1837 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1837 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.73km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1837 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.63km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1838 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 1.86km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1838 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.610km NE of Healdsburg, CA · 1839 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.83km SE of Larkfield-Wikiup, CA · 1839 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 1.66km NW of Boonville, CA · 1840 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.50km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1841 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.09km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1841 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.56km NW of Chico, CA · 1841 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc71126429. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:51 PM UTC.