M2.0 earthquake 17 km E of Willows, CA

Magnitude

2.0 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

Northern California Seismic System

Local time

Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 10:35 PM PDT

UTC

2026-07-19 05:35:37 UTC

Depth

30.1 km (18.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

39.547° N, 121.995° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.16

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

62°

Stations used

15

• Willows, CaliforniaPopulation 6,069. Forecast17 kmE
• Chico, CaliforniaPopulation 121,345. Forecast24 kmSW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast696 kmNNW

After

1. 2.17 km ESE of Challenge-Brownsville, CAThu, Jul 23, 11:29 PM PDT · 73 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
2. 2.24 km WSW of Hamilton City, CAFri, Jul 24, 12:48 AM PDT · 73 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
3. 1.713 km N of Upper Lake, CASun, Jul 26, 7:46 AM PDT · 71 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
4. 1.715 km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CAThu, Jul 30, 3:34 PM PDT · 67 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
5. 2.518 km NE of Upper Lake, CAThu, Jul 30, 11:51 PM PDT · 66 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
6. 1.74 km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CAFri, Jul 31, 3:39 PM PDT · 66 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
7. 2.515 km S of Hamilton City, CATue, Aug 4, 1:54 PM PDT · 62 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
8. 2.74 km SSE of Anderson, CAWed, Aug 5, 7:24 PM PDT · 60 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
9. 2.05 km E of Hidden Valley Lake, CASat, Aug 8, 3:33 AM PDT · 58 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
10. 1.641 km WNW of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CASun, Aug 9, 2:45 PM PDT · 57 days ago · -1 km deep · 100 km away
11. 2.59 km E of Rancho Tehama Reserve, CAMon, Aug 10, 9:57 PM PDT · 55 days ago · 37 km deep · 56 km away
12. 1.79 km ESE of Lake Pillsbury, CASun, Aug 16, 8:47 PM PDT · 49 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
13. 1.819 km NE of Upper Lake, CAThu, Aug 20, 1:09 PM PDT · 46 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
14. 1.97 km ESE of Williams, CAThu, Aug 20, 10:06 PM PDT · 45 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
15. 1.518 km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CASat, Aug 22, 11:55 PM PDT · 43 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
16. 2.610 km N of Lake Pillsbury, CASun, Aug 23, 2:37 AM PDT · 43 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
17. 1.810 km N of Lake Pillsbury, CASun, Aug 23, 3:28 AM PDT · 43 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
18. 2.18 km WNW of La Porte, CASun, Aug 23, 12:25 PM PDT · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
19. 1.614 km ESE of Hidden Valley Lake, CAFri, Aug 28, 9:44 AM PDT · 38 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
20. 1.98 km SE of Soda Bay, CASun, Aug 30, 5:02 AM PDT · 36 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 11
21. 1.916 km NE of Red Bluff, CAMon, Aug 31, 7:20 AM PDT · 35 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
22. 2.06 km E of Challenge-Brownsville, CAMon, Aug 31, 11:19 PM PDT · 34 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
23. 2.75 km W of Hamilton City, CAWed, Sep 2, 1:18 AM PDT · 33 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
24. 1.511 km ENE of Hidden Valley Lake, CAWed, Sep 2, 5:27 AM PDT · 33 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
25. 2.05 km E of Williams, CAThu, Sep 3, 8:00 AM PDT · 32 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
26. 1.515 km SE of Lake Pillsbury, CAThu, Sep 3, 9:28 PM PDT · 31 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
27. 1.66 km NW of Lake Pillsbury, CATue, Sep 8, 12:40 PM PDT · 27 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
28. 2.225 km NW of Alder Springs, CAMon, Sep 14, 10:02 PM PDT · 20 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
29. 1.59 km N of Lake Pillsbury, CATue, Sep 15, 12:49 PM PDT · 20 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away

Before

1. 1.815 km NNE of Alder Springs, CASat, Jul 18, 11:07 AM PDT · 79 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
2. 1.813 km SW of Manton, CASat, Jul 11, 6:59 AM PDT · 86 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
3. 1.717 km NE of Red Bluff, CATue, Jul 7, 10:24 PM PDT · 89 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
4. 1.518 km NE of Upper Lake, CATue, Jul 7, 7:12 PM PDT · 89 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
5. 2.616 km NNE of Red Bluff, CASun, Jul 5, 7:49 PM PDT · 91 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
6. 3.915 km NNE of Alder Springs, CAThu, Jul 2, 6:39 PM PDT · 94 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
7. 2.34 km NNW of Belden, CASun, Jun 28, 10:50 AM PDT · 99 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
8. 2.05 km NE of Alder Springs, CASun, Jun 28, 9:49 AM PDT · 99 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
9. 1.611 km NNE of Lake Pillsbury, CAThu, Jun 25, 4:33 PM PDT · 102 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
10. 2.013 km SW of Manton, CAWed, Jun 24, 4:49 AM PDT · 103 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
11. 1.811 km SW of Manton, CAWed, Jun 24, 4:48 AM PDT · 103 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
12. 1.812 km SW of Manton, CAWed, Jun 24, 4:44 AM PDT · 103 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
13. 2.710 km SW of Manton, CAWed, Jun 24, 4:02 AM PDT · 103 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
14. 1.612 km SW of Manton, CATue, Jun 23, 11:02 PM PDT · 103 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
15. 2.411 km NNE of Gerber, CATue, Jun 23, 9:18 PM PDT · 103 days ago · 27 km deep · 68 km away
16. 1.618 km NNE of Nice, CAMon, Jun 22, 6:46 AM PDT · 105 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
17. 2.221 km NE of Alder Springs, CASun, Jun 21, 5:27 AM PDT · 106 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc75398786. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC.