California earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 4 km W of McCloud, California

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km W of McCloud, California on Mon, Dec 14, 1981, 12:12 PM PST (20:12 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 7 km S of Tennant, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-12-14 20:12:54 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.248° N, 122.192° 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, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
152°
Stations used
5

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 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.64 km N of Shingletown, California · 16354 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.420 km WSW of Old Station, CA · 16353 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.20 km WNW of Millville, California · 16349 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.519 km SE of Round Mountain, California · 16344 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.621 km WSW of Old Station, California · 16337 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.40 km SSE of Bella Vista, California · 16327 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.819 km SW of Old Station, California · 16325 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.112 km SW of Old Station, California · 16322 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.94 km WSW of Lakehead, California · 16320 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.92 km SSW of Old Station, California · 16317 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.95 km SSW of Tennant, California · 16316 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 1.912 km SSW of Old Station, California · 16313 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.824 km ENE of McCloud, California · 16311 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 2.77 km S of Tennant, California · 16307 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.37 km S of Tennant, California · 16306 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.75 km S of Tennant, California · 16306 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.07 km SSW of Tennant, California · 16306 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.65 km ESE of Hornbrook, California · 16304 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 1.85 km WNW of Manton, California · 16367 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 1.921 km SE of Etna, California · 16371 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.62 km E of Shingletown, California · 16371 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.713 km NNW of Big Bend, California · 16373 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.5Northern California · 16375 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.713 km SSE of Tennant, California · 16380 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 1.6Northern California · 16385 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.015 km SSW of Old Station, California · 16385 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1070307. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC.