California earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 14 km S of Willits, CA

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 14 km S of Willits, CA on Fri, Sep 18, 2026, 3:17 PM PDT (22:17 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 9 km WNW of The Geysers, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-09-18 22:17:28 UTC
Depth
-0.3 km (-0.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.283° N, 123.382° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

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How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Location uncertainty
About 0.3 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 since this one and 115 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.87 km WNW of Cobb, CA · 4 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.78 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 4 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.19 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 3 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.87 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 3 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.78 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 3 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.15 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 2 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  7. 1.55 km NNW of The Geysers, CA · 17 hr ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 1.83 km SE of Redway, CA · 5 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.54 km W of Cobb, CA · 5 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.711 km W of Lake Pillsbury, CA · 6 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.93 km ENE of The Geysers, CA · 7 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.68 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 7 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.63 km W of Anderson Springs, CA · 7 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.78 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA · 8 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.77 km W of Cobb, CA · 8 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.65 km ESE of Boonville, CA · 8 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.225 km NW of Alder Springs, CA · 8 days ago · -1 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.61 km ESE of The Geysers, CA · 9 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.65 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 9 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.28 km N of Redwood Valley, CA · 10 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.79 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 10 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.99 km ENE of Brooktrails, CA · 10 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.56 km E of Willits, CA · 10 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 17
  17. 1.87 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 11 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.86 km WNW of The Geysers, CA · 11 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.84 km W of Cobb, CA · 11 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  20. 1.711 km NW of The Geysers, CA · 11 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75438047. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC.