M1.7 earthquake 12 km ESE of Willits, CA
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12 km ESE of Willits, CA on Sat, Aug 15, 2026, 8:35 AM PDT (15:35 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 10 km W of Boonville, 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, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-15 15:35:32 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.368° N, 123.232° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 since this one and 150 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.15 km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 49 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Redwood Valley, CA · 49 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.98 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 48 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Cobb, CA · 48 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.86 km W of Cobb, CA · 48 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.79 km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 48 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.56 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 47 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.57 km W of Cobb, CA · 47 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.03 km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 46 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km NW of Redwood Valley, CA · 46 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.56 km W of Cobb, CA · 46 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.511 km N of Redwood Valley, CA · 46 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.67 km W of Cobb, CA · 46 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Cobb, CA · 46 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 45 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.68 km WNW of Cobb, CA · 45 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.89 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 45 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.010 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 45 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.08 km WNW of Cobb, CA · 45 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.32 km N of The Geysers, CA · 45 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.63 km WNW of Anderson Springs, CA · 44 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.819 km NE of Upper Lake, CA · 44 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.68 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 44 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.78 km NW of Redwood Valley, CA · 44 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.78 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 44 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.715 km W of Cape Vizcaino, CA · 43 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of Cobb, CA · 42 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.63 km SE of The Geysers, CA · 42 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.518 km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 41 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.610 km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 41 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.810 km N of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 41 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.916 km W of Cape Vizcaino, CA · 41 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Cobb, CA · 41 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.511 km N of Redwood Valley, CA · 41 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.75 km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 40 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.49 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 40 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Redwood Valley, CA · 40 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.86 km W of Cobb, CA · 39 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.011 km WNW of Redwood Valley, CA · 39 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.96 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 39 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.97 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 39 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.87 km E of Covelo, CA · 38 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.76 km W of Cobb, CA · 38 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 38 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 38 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.010 km E of Cloverdale, CA · 38 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.53 km SW of Anderson Springs, CA · 37 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.81 km NE of The Geysers, CA · 37 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.22 km NE of The Geysers, CA · 37 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.56 km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 37 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.711 km N of Redwood Valley, CA · 37 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.46 km N of Redwood Valley, CA · 36 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 13
- 1.614 km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CA · 36 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.81 km N of Redway, CA · 36 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Redwood Valley, CA · 36 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.86 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 36 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.73 km S of Redwood Valley, CA · 35 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.77 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 35 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.16 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 34 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km SE of Soda Bay, CA · 34 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 11
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.610 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 49 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.64 km W of Cobb, CA · 50 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 50 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.78 km NW of Redwood Valley, CA · 50 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Redwood Valley, CA · 50 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.513 km SE of Middletown, CA · 51 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.910 km ENE of Rockport, CA · 52 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.710 km ENE of Rockport, CA · 52 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Cobb, CA · 52 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.732 km NNW of Covelo, CA · 52 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 52 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.66 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 52 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.66 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 52 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 52 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 3.26 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 52 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 13
- 3.26 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 52 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
- 1.87 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 53 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.87 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 53 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.07 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 53 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10
- 1.79 km N of Redwood Valley, CA · 53 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75418837. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:48 PM UTC.