California earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 5 km SE of Palermo, California

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Palermo, California on Thu, Nov 10, 1977, 12:24 PM PST (20:24 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 14 km WSW of Chester, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (md), minor
Local time
UTC
1977-11-10 20:24:41 UTC
Depth
6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.397° N, 121.494° W
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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.33 km NNW of Lake Almanor West, California · 17839 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.75 km SE of Palermo, California · 17835 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.717 km S of Kingvale, California · 17833 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.04 km WSW of Granite Bay, California · 17831 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.77 km SW of Sierraville, California · 17830 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.53 km SSE of Rocklin, California · 17820 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.614 km S of Kingvale, California · 17819 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.54 km SSE of Palermo, California · 17817 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 1.65 km SSE of Alta Sierra, California · 17816 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 3.214 km WSW of Chester, California · 17815 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.915 km WSW of Chester, California · 17815 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.913 km WSW of Chester, California · 17814 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 1.914 km WSW of Chester, California · 17810 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.214 km WSW of Chester, California · 17808 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 3.09 km SW of Chester, California · 17804 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.12 km SSW of Dunnigan, California · 17804 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.64 km W of Dunnigan, California · 17804 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.07 km SSE of Dunnigan, California · 17793 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 2.09 km SSE of Mineral, California · 17848 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 3.19 km SSW of Willows, California · 17850 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.96 km NNE of Plumas Eureka, California · 17851 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.71 km WNW of Meadow Valley, California · 17852 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.52 km SE of Rocklin, California · 17855 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.64 km W of Bangor, California · 17858 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.14 km S of Willows, California · 17858 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.918 km NE of Butte Meadows, California · 17867 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.714 km N of Princeton, California · 17868 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.54 km SSE of Palermo, California · 17870 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.611 km WSW of Chester, California · 17874 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.71 km SW of Spring Garden, California · 17875 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1037656. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC.