California earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 4 km WSW of Whitehawk, California

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Whitehawk, California on Fri, Feb 6, 1981, 10:02 PM PST (06:02 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 8 km NNW of Truckee, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-02-07 06:02:10 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.702° N, 120.598° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
264°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.57 km WSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.12 km SW of Forest Ranch, California · 16663 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.18 km SSW of Kingvale, California · 16662 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.95 km WSW of Whitehawk, California · 16661 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.19 km S of East Quincy, California · 16661 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.04 km SE of Palermo, California · 16661 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.02 km SSE of Cromberg, California · 16659 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 3.07 km SW of Whitehawk, California · 16658 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.04 km SW of Whitehawk, California · 16658 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.47 km N of Little Grass Valley, California · 16658 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.810 km SE of Soda Springs, California · 16657 days ago · 32 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.97 km E of Cromberg, California · 16653 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.07 km WSW of Lake Almanor West, California · 16652 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.58 km SW of Clio, California · 16646 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 1.95 km SSW of Kingvale, California · 16646 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.34 km SSW of Prattville, California · 16637 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.7Northern California · 16636 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.89 km SE of Alta, California · 16636 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.49 km SW of Lake Almanor West, California · 16635 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.63 km SSW of Soda Springs, California · 16635 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 2.34 km SE of Palermo, California · 16633 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.69 km WNW of Plumas Eureka (historical), California · 16624 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 3.58 km NNW of Truckee, California · 16621 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 2.211 km NW of Truckee, California · 16621 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 2.011 km NNW of Truckee, California · 16621 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 2.011 km N of Truckee, California · 16621 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 2.29 km NNW of Truckee, California · 16621 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 2.39 km NNW of Truckee, California · 16621 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 3.88 km NNW of Truckee, California · 16621 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 2.39 km NNW of Truckee, California · 16621 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 1.710 km NNW of Truckee, California · 16621 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 2.99 km NW of Truckee, California · 16621 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 1.84 km NW of Tobin, California · 16619 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.08 km WNW of Truckee, California · 16617 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 3.19 km NNW of Truckee, California · 16615 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 2.110 km NW of Truckee, California · 16615 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 1.63 km S of East Quincy, California · 16671 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.310 km SSW of Kingvale, California · 16674 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.34 km SSW of Kingvale, California · 16677 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.57 km SSW of Kingvale, California · 16677 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.64 km SW of Whitehawk, California · 16678 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 3.36 km NNE of Butte Meadows, California · 16679 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.18 km SW of Whitehawk, California · 16680 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 3.18 km SW of Whitehawk, California · 16680 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 3.17 km SW of Whitehawk, California · 16680 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 1.56 km S of Kingvale, California · 16687 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.78 km SW of Clio, California · 16690 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 1.65 km SW of Whitehawk, California · 16690 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.74 km WSW of Whitehawk, California · 16693 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.86 km SSW of Kingvale, California · 16697 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.11 km S of Whitehawk, California · 16700 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1060087. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:58 PM UTC.