M1.7 earthquake 7km E of Willits, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7km E of Willits, CA on Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 6:45 AM PDT (13:45 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 20km ENE of Redway, 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
- 2021-03-28 13:45:06 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.410° N, 123.272° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 77 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.04km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2015 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.111km SSE of Redway, CA · 2014 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.820km NNW of Boonville, CA · 2014 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.15km W of Cobb, CA · 2014 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 12
- 1.93km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2014 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.83km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 2014 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.75km W of Cobb, CA · 2014 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.51km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2013 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.78km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2013 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.68km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2013 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.98km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2012 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2012 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.510km ESE of Willits, CA · 2012 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.713km W of Lakeport, CA · 2012 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.33km NE of The Geysers, CA · 2012 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.626km N of Laytonville, CA · 2011 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.512km WNW of Upper Lake, CA · 2010 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.019km NE of Redway, CA · 2009 days ago · 30 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.227km WSW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA · 2009 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.52km SSW of Cobb, CA · 2008 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
- 1.65km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2007 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.99km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2007 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.82km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 2007 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.87km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2007 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.57km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2007 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.44km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2006 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.94km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2006 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 15
- 1.66km NNE of Windsor, CA · 2006 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.56km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2006 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.74km S of Redwood Valley, CA · 2005 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.35km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2005 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 1.62km SW of Cobb, CA · 2005 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.512km N of Brooktrails, CA · 2005 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.95km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2003 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.96km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2003 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.07km W of Cobb, CA · 2002 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2002 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.97km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2002 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.47km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2002 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
- 1.88km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2001 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.97km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2001 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.96km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2001 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.58km NNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 2001 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.714km W of Lakeport, CA · 2001 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.411km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2000 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.97km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2000 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.86km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1999 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.06km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1998 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.58km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1998 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 1.93km SW of Cobb, CA · 1998 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.69km ENE of Clearlake, CA · 1998 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.76km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1998 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.63km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1998 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.62km N of The Geysers, CA · 1998 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.62km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1997 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.72km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 1997 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
- 2.03km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 1997 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.610km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1997 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.610km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1997 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.98km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1996 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.913km SE of Talmage, CA · 2017 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.04km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2017 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.813km SE of Talmage, CA · 2018 days ago · -1 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 17
- 2.813km SE of Talmage, CA · 2018 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 1.96km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2018 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.54km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2018 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.76km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2018 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.26km WNW of Cobb, CA · 2018 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.610km SE of Laytonville, CA · 2018 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.410km SE of Willits, CA · 2019 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2020 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.620km SSW of Willits, CA · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.821km SSW of Willits, CA · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 13
- 4.021km SSW of Willits, CA · 2020 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 126
- 1.86km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2020 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.75km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2020 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.84km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2021 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.24km SSW of Anderson Springs, CA · 2021 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.24km W of Cobb, CA · 2021 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.24km W of Cobb, CA · 2021 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73541006. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC.