California earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 12 km NE of Beckwourth, California

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 12 km NE of Beckwourth, California on Sun, Jan 3, 1982, 2:38 PM PST (22:38 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 4 km N of Plumas Eureka, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-01-03 22:38:28 UTC
Depth
-0.1 km (-0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.908° N, 120.283° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.02
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
296°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.94 km N of Plumas Eureka, California · 16332 days ago · -1 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.44 km WNW of Plumas Eureka, California · 16330 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.09 km SW of Sattley, California · 16327 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 1.711 km WSW of Chester, California · 16325 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.915 km W of Lake Almanor West, California · 16325 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.27 km SW of Sierraville, California · 16323 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.612 km WSW of Chester, CA · 16322 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.62 km NE of Prattville, California · 16315 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.09 km NNW of Sierra City, California · 16309 days ago · 28 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.88 km W of Janesville, California · 16307 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.04 km WSW of Belden, California · 16305 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.64 km WSW of Susanville, California · 16305 days ago · -2 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.96 km SE of Belden, California · 16305 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.711 km S of Sierraville, California · 16304 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.99 km WSW of Plumas Eureka (historical), California · 16302 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.211 km NE of Soda Springs, California · 16298 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.210 km NW of Truckee, California · 16298 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 2.19 km NW of Truckee, California · 16298 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.010 km NW of Truckee, California · 16297 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.011 km NW of Truckee, California · 16294 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 2.21 km NE of Kingvale, California · 16289 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 4.02 km N of Cromberg, California · 16287 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 2.15 km S of Spring Garden, California · 16287 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 2.23 km NNW of Cromberg, California · 16287 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 2.07 km NW of Chester, California · 16281 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.911 km SW of Kingvale, California · 16279 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  27. 2.19 km NE of Soda Springs, California · 16275 days ago · 20 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 2.85 km ENE of Soda Springs, California · 16275 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 1.87 km SSW of Sierra City, California · 16275 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 3.14 km SW of Canyondam, California · 16273 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 2.73 km WNW of Greenville, California · 16335 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.66 km W of Sierra City, California · 16338 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.110 km SW of Lake Almanor West, California · 16344 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.0Northern California · 16345 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 3.2Northern California · 16346 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.48 km WNW of Belden, California · 16348 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.94 km NW of Lake Almanor West, California · 16362 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1070932. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:42 PM UTC.