M1.7 earthquake 7 km W of Cobb, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7 km W of Cobb, CA on Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 11:01 AM PDT (18:01 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 3 km ESE of Santa Rosa, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-15 18:01:49 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.833° N, 122.805° W
- Region
- California
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS. If you felt it, tell the USGS: every report sharpens the shaking map.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 32°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 since this one and 123 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.78 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 6 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.73 km ESE of Santa Rosa, CA · 6 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 171
- 1.64 km ESE of Santa Rosa, CA · 6 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.63 km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 6 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.68 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 6 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.94 km ESE of Santa Rosa, CA · 6 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.93 km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 6 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.711 km W of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 5 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.88 km W of Saint Helena, CA · 4 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.54 km W of Cobb, CA · 4 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.87 km W of Saint Helena, CA · 4 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.914 km S of Willits, CA · 4 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.87 km WNW of Cobb, CA · 3 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.78 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 3 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 42 hr ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.87 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 39 hr ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.78 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 37 hr ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of San Rafael, CA · 30 hr ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.15 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 22 hr ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 1.65 km ESE of Boonville, CA · 7 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.61 km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 7 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.65 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 8 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.28 km N of Redwood Valley, CA · 8 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.79 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 9 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.99 km ENE of Brooktrails, CA · 9 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.56 km E of Willits, CA · 9 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 17
- 1.87 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 10 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 10 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.94 km W of Cobb, CA · 10 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 1.711 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 10 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.67 km E of Willits, CA · 10 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.712 km WNW of Cobb, CA · 11 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.97 km E of Willits, CA · 11 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.33 km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 11 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 1.64 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 11 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.58 km E of Willits, CA · 11 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.37 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 12 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.51 km N of The Geysers, CA · 12 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 3.010 km WNW of Cobb, CA · 12 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75436112. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC.