M2.3 earthquake 10km SE of Willow Creek, CA

Magnitude

2.3 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Sat, Dec 11, 2021, 8:56 PM PST

UTC

2021-12-12 04:56:43 UTC

Depth

18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

40.888° N, 123.531° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.18

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

50°

Stations used

22

• Willow Creek, CaliforniaPopulation 1,710. Forecast10 kmSE
• Bayside, CaliforniaPopulation 17,132. Forecast45 kmE
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast193 kmNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast891 kmNNW

After

1. 1.69km ENE of Petrolia, CAWed, Dec 15, 6:34 PM PST · 1754 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
2. 2.319km NW of Petrolia, CAFri, Dec 17, 10:06 AM PST · 1752 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
3. 2.717km SW of Ferndale, CASat, Dec 18, 1:02 AM PST · 1752 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
4. 6.27km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:10 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4,378 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
5. 2.47km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:17 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 84 km away
6. 2.19km NNE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:17 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 24 km deep · 81 km away
7. 2.811km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:18 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away
8. 2.18km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:18 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
9. 2.27km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:19 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
10. 2.315km NW of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:19 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
11. 2.76km NW of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:20 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
12. 2.86km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:20 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
13. 2.311km SW of Rio Dell, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:20 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
14. 2.212km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:20 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
15. 1.87km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:21 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 23 km deep · 84 km away
16. 2.510km ESE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:21 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
17. 2.68km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:23 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
18. 2.79km SW of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:23 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
19. 2.69km S of Ferndale, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:24 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
20. 2.711km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:25 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away
21. 2.312km SW of Rio Dell, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:26 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 27 km deep · 77 km away
22. 1.86km NNW of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:27 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
23. 2.99km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:28 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
24. 2.812km NNW of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:29 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
25. 1.915km NNW of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:30 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
26. 2.810km SSE of Ferndale, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:30 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 74 km away
27. 2.65km NNW of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:34 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
28. 2.611km WSW of Rio Dell, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:36 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
29. 1.86km NE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:39 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away
30. 2.39km NNE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:40 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
31. 2.19km NNE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:42 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
32. 2.16km ENE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:46 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
33. 2.67km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:46 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
34. 2.94km NE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:53 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
35. 3.111km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:55 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
36. 3.07km NW of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:56 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
37. 2.59km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:57 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
38. 1.88km ENE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 12:58 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
39. 3.08km SSW of Rio Dell, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:06 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
40. 2.213km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:09 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away
41. 3.114km NNE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:10 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
42. 2.914km SSW of Ferndale, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:16 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 26 km deep · 83 km away
43. 2.57km NNE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:16 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
44. 2.514km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:17 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
45. 2.38km SSW of Ferndale, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:17 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
46. 2.412km S of Ferndale, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:19 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
47. 3.313km SSW of Ferndale, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:19 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 7
48. 2.614km N of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:21 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 27 km deep · 82 km away
49. 2.715km SW of Ferndale, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:24 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
50. 2.612km SSW of Ferndale, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:29 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
51. 2.04km ENE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:31 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
52. 3.211km NNE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:31 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
53. 2.414km NNW of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:42 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
54. 2.411km NNE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:43 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
55. 2.411km SSW of Ferndale, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:50 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
56. 2.312km SW of Rio Dell, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:51 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 29 km deep · 77 km away
57. 2.212km SSW of Ferndale, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:52 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
58. 3.318km SW of Ferndale, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:52 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 25 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
59. 3.96km NE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 1:53 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 27 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
60. 1.94km NNE of Petrolia, CAMon, Dec 20, 2:06 PM PST · 1749 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 195.

Before

1. 1.727km N of Shasta Lake, CASat, Dec 11, 12:54 AM PST · 1759 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
2. 2.010km SSW of Ferndale, CAFri, Dec 10, 11:52 PM PST · 1759 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away
3. 1.823km N of Shasta Lake, CAThu, Dec 9, 2:42 PM PST · 1760 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
4. 1.811km SSE of Blue Lake, CAWed, Dec 8, 10:38 PM PST · 1761 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
5. 2.713km SE of Petrolia, CAWed, Dec 8, 8:28 PM PST · 1761 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
6. 1.84km N of Hydesville, CAMon, Nov 29, 4:51 PM PST · 1770 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
7. 2.59km NNE of Hayfork, CASun, Nov 28, 12:56 AM PST · 1772 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
8. 2.615km SE of Petrolia, CAThu, Nov 25, 2:10 AM PST · 1775 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
9. 2.313km SE of Petrolia, CAThu, Nov 25, 1:18 AM PST · 1775 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
10. 2.29km ESE of Willow Creek, CAWed, Nov 24, 10:18 PM PST · 1775 days ago · 22 km deep · 1 km away
11. 2.421km SSE of Willow Creek, CAWed, Nov 24, 1:26 AM PST · 1776 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
12. 2.36km ENE of Shasta, CATue, Nov 23, 12:23 AM PST · 1777 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
13. 1.72km N of Redway, CAFri, Nov 19, 7:08 PM PST · 1780 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
14. 2.212km WNW of Petrolia, CASat, Nov 13, 1:12 PM PST · 1786 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
15. 2.516km SSE of Somes Bar, CAFri, Nov 12, 3:45 AM PST · 1788 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73662861. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:44 AM UTC.