M1.5 earthquake 4 km W of Cobb, CA
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km W of Cobb, CA on Fri, Sep 18, 2026, 1:53 AM PDT (08:53 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 7 km W of Saint Helena, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-18 08:53:05 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.823° N, 122.767° 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
- 50°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 since this one and 122 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.87 km W of Saint Helena, CA · 4 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.914 km S of Willits, CA · 4 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.87 km WNW of Cobb, CA · 3 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.78 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 3 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.87 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 2 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.78 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 2 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of San Rafael, CA · 40 hr ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.15 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 32 hr ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
- 1.55 km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 29 min ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
Before
- 1.88 km W of Saint Helena, CA · 5 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.711 km W of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 6 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.93 km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 6 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.94 km ESE of Santa Rosa, CA · 6 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.68 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 6 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.63 km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 7 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.64 km ESE of Santa Rosa, CA · 7 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.73 km ESE of Santa Rosa, CA · 7 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 171
- 1.78 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 7 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.77 km W of Cobb, CA · 7 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Boonville, CA · 8 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.61 km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 8 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.65 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 9 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.28 km N of Redwood Valley, CA · 9 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.79 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 9 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.99 km ENE of Brooktrails, CA · 9 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.56 km E of Willits, CA · 9 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 17
- 1.87 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 10 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 10 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.84 km W of Cobb, CA · 10 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75437702. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC.