M1.5 earthquake 16km SSW of Willits, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16km SSW of Willits, CA on Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 2:59 AM PDT (09:59 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-08 09:59:07 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.272° N, 123.407° 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, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 20
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.49km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1914 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.60km E of Point Arena, CA · 1913 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.86km ESE of Clearlake Oaks, CA · 1913 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.66km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1913 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1912 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.918km W of Sea Ranch, CA · 1912 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.918km W of Sea Ranch, CA · 1912 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.67km ENE of Brooktrails, CA · 1912 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.411km W of Laytonville, CA · 1912 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.36km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1912 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1912 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.96km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1912 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.87km W of Laytonville, CA · 1911 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.74km NW of Redwood Valley, CA · 1911 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.46km W of Cobb, CA · 1911 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.76km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1911 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.57km W of Cobb, CA · 1911 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.96km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1910 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66km S of Fort Bragg, CA · 1910 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.52km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 1910 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 1.710km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1910 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.23km N of The Geysers, CA · 1907 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.93km WSW of Cobb, CA · 1907 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.06km W of Cobb, CA · 1907 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.56km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1907 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.914km SSW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1906 days ago · -1 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.613km SE of Talmage, CA · 1906 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.62km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1906 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.38km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1906 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.69km SE of Point Arena, CA · 1905 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.93km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1905 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1905 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.03km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1905 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.23km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1905 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.63km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1905 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.36km E of Willits, CA · 1904 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66km W of Cobb, CA · 1902 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.69km SSE of Redway, CA · 1902 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.93km W of Cobb, CA · 1902 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73km SE of The Geysers, CA · 1901 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.29km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 1901 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.56km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 1901 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.12km SW of Cobb, CA · 1901 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.89km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 1901 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.38km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1900 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 1.55km E of Boonville, CA · 1900 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.87km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1900 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.612km N of Brooktrails, CA · 1899 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.041km NE of Covelo, CA · 1899 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.311km W of Alder Springs, CA · 1899 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.710km SSE of Laytonville, CA · 1899 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.26km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1899 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.26km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1899 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.011km W of Alder Springs, CA · 1898 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.510km WNW of Alder Springs, CA · 1898 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.311km W of Alder Springs, CA · 1897 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.811km W of Alder Springs, CA · 1897 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.77km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1897 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.211km W of Alder Springs, CA · 1896 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 9
- 2.412km N of Laytonville, CA · 1896 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.26km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1915 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.813km W of Lakeport, CA · 1915 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.64km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1915 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.56km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 1916 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.717km NNE of Nice, CA · 1916 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.38km WNW of Cobb, CA · 1916 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.87km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1916 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.91km W of The Geysers, CA · 1916 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.58km W of Cobb, CA · 1917 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.58km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1918 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.16km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1919 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.17km E of Clearlake Oaks, CA · 1919 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.79km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1920 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
- 1.58km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1920 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.58km ESE of Willits, CA · 1921 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.16km NW of The Geysers, CA · 1921 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.015km WNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1921 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.42km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 1922 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 1.71km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 1924 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.88km ESE of Redway, CA · 1925 days ago · 22 km deep · 95 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73584606. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:06 AM UTC.