California earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 15km ENE of Willows, CA

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 15km ENE of Willows, CA on Mon, Jan 3, 2022, 11:24 PM PST (07:24 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 13km WNW of Alder Springs, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Northern California Seismic System
Local time
UTC
2022-01-04 07:24:43 UTC
Depth
25.8 km (16.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.566° N, 122.032° W
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
76°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.414km WNW of Alder Springs, CA · 1732 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.013km WNW of Alder Springs, CA · 1732 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.814km WNW of Alder Springs, CA · 1731 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.913km WNW of Alder Springs, CA · 1731 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.85km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1728 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.87km NW of Stony Gorge Reservoir, CA · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.818km NE of Upper Lake, CA · 1720 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.89km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1716 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.324km NNE of Forest Ranch, CA · 1716 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.512km E of Redwood Valley, CA · 1715 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.610km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1714 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.023km NW of Alder Springs, CA · 1708 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.85km NW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1708 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.510km ENE of Clearlake, CA · 1708 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.717km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1703 days ago · -1 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.919km NNE of Alder Springs, CA · 1701 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.220km NE of Covelo, CA · 1693 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.714km S of Hamilton City, CA · 1691 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 1.913km WNW of Alder Springs, CA · 1690 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 1.93km ENE of North Lakeport, CA · 1689 days ago · 30 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.81km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1686 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 1.75km E of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1684 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 1.78km WNW of Upper Lake, CA · 1681 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 1.76km E of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1677 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.114km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA · 1676 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 1.86km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1737 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.918km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1737 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.912km SE of Mineral, CA · 1740 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.46km WNW of North Lakeport, CA · 1743 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.19km NNW of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 1746 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.54km SE of Clearlake Oaks, CA · 1746 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.421km SSE of Mineral, CA · 1748 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.55km NNE of Clearlake, CA · 1756 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73673401. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:39 AM UTC.