M2.6 earthquake 11 km SW of Doyle, California
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 11 km SW of Doyle, California on Wed, Apr 11, 1979, 1:05 AM PST (09:05 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km N of Sierra City, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Northern California Seismic System
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-04-11 09:05:57 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.969° N, 120.216° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 256°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.95 km N of Greenhorn, California · 17340 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Whitehawk, California · 17329 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.89 km N of Sierra City, California · 17326 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Floriston, California · 17301 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 2.510 km N of Soda Springs, California · 17342 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.57 km SSE of Johnsville, California · 17342 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.026 km W of Gerlach, Nevada · 17349 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Truckee, California · 17358 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.410 km NNW of Truckee, California · 17358 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1045351. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC.